Intelligence is just pattern recognition. And such patterns could arise as outputs of random processes happening over billions of years. Sooner or later some intelligent pattern cycle/phenomenon happens.
There was a tweet a few months back about a cloud formation resembling the map of United Kingdom. One way of seeing at something like that is saying, there could be no way a cloud formation resembling a complex geographical map on earth without an intelligent species making it. Another way of looking at is given how many billions of years earth has been in existence, eventually clouds could form resembling many things on earth.
I wouldn't surprised if we tomorrow discover some sequence of digits in Pi that show these kinds of behavior.
In short, over long periods of times, odds of these events happening approaches 1.
There was a tweet a few months back about a cloud formation resembling the map of United Kingdom. One way of seeing at something like that is saying, there could be no way a cloud formation resembling a complex geographical map on earth without an intelligent species making it. Another way of looking at is given how many billions of years earth has been in existence, eventually clouds could form resembling many things on earth.
I wouldn't surprised if we tomorrow discover some sequence of digits in Pi that show these kinds of behavior.
In short, over long periods of times, odds of these events happening approaches 1.