No one said anything about using the intelligence wisely. I have always maintained that you need intelligence to reach the highest level of stupidity.

Spot on. We are automating what has never needed to be done anyway, bullshit jobs or mostly bullshit. Helpdesk, client hotline, analytics dashboards, reports ? What if we tried to make things work on first time and always so that there is no need for a helpdesk. If you produce something of clear value you don't need analytic dashboards or reports. I do not know if AI is the end of capitalism and bureaucracy or the final nail in the coffin for them to eat the world.

>artificial intelligence

I disagree, there is no such thing as artificial intelligence, there is only intelligence.

>When intelligence is seen as a means to an end

Because it is also a means to an end regardless of whatever else it can do. It is a dimension in the problem space of survival.

We as humans are now feeling pressure on our intelligence, whereas us humans have been putting a shitload of pressure on just about every other intelligent creature for the last 100,000 years.

> If intelligence is now meaningless and being perceptive is worthless, all that remains is the ugliness of stupid power.

I don't disagree that there are some truly awful people in power in certain places right now, but this statement is ridiculous. Many intelligent and perceptive people are very cruel or foolish.

  > all that remains is the ugliness of stupid power

in the end, in the world of business and politics hasn't it always been these types of people that eventually float to the top? capital/power begets more capital/power...