We can all agree that humans are smarter than crows, right?
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Oh and I think that's the root cause for your post: there can not be a common agreement of those positions because they are axiomatic, as in fundamental definitions.
If you define intelligence one way it's very clear that humans have more of it. if you use an (aggressive, in my opinion) species agnostic definition even tied to motivation it's at least not that clear cut.
Personally I'm more with you but I find the thought experiment fascinating. To quote Douglas Adams:
"""For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons."""