That’s a very human-centric view. We know that both dolphins and elephants have comparable brains, they’re just different.
Certainly is and you are right. If you have the ability to do more and don’t then Might as well be a normal animal and live like they did in eden as “god intended” for the original prototypes. A fish that doesn’t swim is not using it’s best attribute. Humanity best attributes are intelligence, imagination, innovation and the will to use all 3. That combined with the extended life gene (relative to most animals) to learn from experience got us were we are today. So all I want are leaders that know what got us here and STFU on crap like IVF. If it’s unnatural than so are glasses and literally everything humanity does.