The only proof of intelligence that humans accept are where they are utterly dominated by the more intelligent “thing.” In my experience it comes down to speed

The only proof of intelligence that humans accept are where they are utterly dominated by the more intelligent “thing.” In my experience it comes down to speed of processing and response Nobody views trees as intelligent because despite having extremely complex interdependencies with their ecology, including fungus and all kinds of other organisms, they don’t move quickly or appear to respond to input (even though they do, just slowly). Meanwhile the mantis shrimp because of it speed, superhuman vision and flexibility is considered extremely intelligent. The only thing that humans will accept as more intelligent than them is (something) that they cannot control and can dominate them. This is why AI is “the things we haven’t done yet” - once a technology is pervasive and integrated it is “just computing.”