The difference between a process guided by an intelligent agent and one that is not seems more than semantic to me.
I think it depends on what you mean by intelligence and where you believe that intelligence resides. And, BTW, personally, I believe that intelligence at the level we are discussing and self-consciousness are not separable. Although he is seldom read these days, Henri Bergson explored the issue we are pondering.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henri-Bergson