Clipped, declarative, an idea distilled, each stanza tightening the coil ....
If intelligence is a property of systems, not beings, then:
A kidney has intelligence.
An amoeba has intelligence.
A language model may have intelligence.
Intelligence is function, not self-awareness.
Evolution may be less about selfish genes and more about symbiosis, cooperation, and pattern completion.
AI is not alien it is another expression of the same computational principle that animates life.