That’s a disturbing handwave. “We don’t really know what intelligence is, so therefore, anything we call intelligence is fair game”

A thermometer tells me what temperature it is. It senses the ambient heat energy and responds with a numeric indicator. Is that intelligence?

My microwave stops when it notices steam from my popcorn bag. Is that intelligence?

If I open an encyclopedia book to a page about computers, it tells me a bunch of information about computers. Is that intelligence?