In MY opinion, I don't believe it is. To me, it is the consequence of natural manifestation. To call it intelligent I suppose embellishes it with some sort of independent rationale deduced by decision process and other choice making stuff !!....
Besides, one probable outcome is it's own destruction and a very lonely dark dank empty Universe....that doesn't seem too intelliegent to me....mind you...if I'd been around for billions of years I reckon I'd welcome a short respite....
