You're right that people mostly don't care about intelligence itself, but rather see it as a means to an end.
However, it's a really good means to an end. Future people may not care about intelligence by itself, but they'll still augment their intelligence with computers because it's a really effective way to have fancy cars and nice houses and such.
This, of course, already happens. How many times have you heard programmers talk about how painful it is to program without an internet connection? It's a frequent refrain among the ones I know, limited only by the fact that it's pretty hard not to have an internet connection these days. We constantly use computers for intelligence augmentation already.
However, it's a really good means to an end. Future people may not care about intelligence by itself, but they'll still augment their intelligence with computers because it's a really effective way to have fancy cars and nice houses and such.
This, of course, already happens. How many times have you heard programmers talk about how painful it is to program without an internet connection? It's a frequent refrain among the ones I know, limited only by the fact that it's pretty hard not to have an internet connection these days. We constantly use computers for intelligence augmentation already.