What we term intelligence is only in context to out shared human construct. We may think we have the freedom to create etc, but look around. We also have such self importance and competitive natures that our world is currently a cesspool of toxic waste. We are the only species that would do something so "intelligent."
It is all relative. Symbiosis may be a more coherent intelligence and what we perceive as our human intelligence is something very different. Is it intelligent to spew garbage all over your home?
There are different kinds of intelligence. What is the gauge of which one is more important. They are just different. Humans would do well to understand connectivity vs self importance. When we do that we will become part of the greater intelligence once again. ;-)