Intelligence researchers [real ones, not hobbyists] know there are various types of intelligence such as basic verbal and maths testing for a start. Because something is difficult to measure, doesn't mean it can't be. They are paid very good salaries to study intelligence and that's not done because it's some mystical thing that's a waste of time to study. It can be pinned down very well.
It is all very simple. Since we can't define intelliegence, we can recognise many of the components of intelligence that we can't define precisely.
We invented computers to duplicate what intelligent people can do. It's like asking, who is smarter, computers or people?
We've been thinking now for more than a few thousands years (modern thinking), and we've been making computers for less than 100 years.
Horses for courses
Generally speaking, smart people can crunch numbers better than stupid people, but people can't crunch numbers like some computers with very fast cpus.
Smart people generally know a lot of stuff. Most stupid people know very little. But no one has a memory bank equal to an array of google type disk drives.
For something, it's about equal. People can still put up a good match against a computer in chess. Most smart people can learn to play chess better than most stupid people.
Or course, there are still things that people can do that computers can't do. Like writing a song that will help to sell sugar water.
So, if you are asking - who is smarter - people or computers - for now, I have to say people.
Similarly, if you were to ask me who can play chess better - men or women? For now I would have to say men. A lot of men have been playing chess for more than several hundred years (i think). But more and more women are starting to play and better female chess players are emerging. Same goes for math and science.
It could be possible that the next great (no 1) chess player, scientist, golfer turns out to be a woman or even a black woman. It could be possible that men wil forever dominate in science, chess, and golf - but that a small group of women in these fields turn out to be much better than men.
Who knows how these things will turn out?
Let the chips fall and see where they will land.
But, to imply that you know with the data that we currently have, you are then exposed to be called a whatever(ist).
It is all very simple.
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