I have no interest into probing into the weird ancient alien shit that we've been observing for the last thousand years, like the bug bois that disintegrate if you look at them funny on the Citadel then magically get replaced by an identical bug boi, but I am simultaneously EXTREMELY invested in making sure that Krogan quad testicles don't work.
Eh, "smart" is always nebulous at best.
You could have the best computer in the world but it could still run windows.