At least part of the problem is probably the word “intelligence”. There are many people who seem to think that a thing that takes over the world and kills humanity therefore must not be intelligent, that intelligence implies some sort of goodness. I think they’d also say that a human who wins at competitions but is unkind is not very intelligent. I don’t think we’d be having this problem with a more specific word.
Though, people also seem to have trouble with the idea that ultra-rich might be ok with not having very much money, as long as they have power over reality.
At least part of the problem is probably the word “intelligence”. There are many people who seem to think that a thing that takes over the world and kills humanity therefore must not be intelligent, that intelligence implies some sort of goodness. I think they’d also say that a human who wins at competitions but is unkind is not very intelligent. I don’t think we’d be having this problem with a more specific word.
Though, people also seem to have trouble with the idea that ultra-rich might be ok with not having very much money, as long as they have power over reality.