Realistically there are many forms of aggregated intelligence in the same way that there are many forms of artificial intelligence (and the two could even be considered the same from a certain perspective), so it turns into a bit of a semantics issue to attempt clearly defining things.

Intelligence itself has the same problem, so supposing there were some form of intelligence responsible for various forms of 'magic', that doesn't necessarily mean it's conscious or aligned to some higher purpose by default. This implies the malevolent aggregated intelligence built from people laws and paper could abuse that power along with everything else, and if you look at the history and rituals of various secret societies, it certainly seems that they are already onboard with that idea. So then if you make an enemy of this aggregated intelligence, not only are you fighting against basically the entire known world, but also potentially making an enemy of multiple unknown entities/gods/aliens/etc. as well as everything else - except nature, and a few people that can handle the chaos.

Declaring a fight with the most gigantic enemy that is even perceivable while simultaneously constructing a [REDACTED] sigil so gigantic that only a truly godlike intelligence could completely understand is the ultimate act of defiance - right?
Even then, it's all done for the sake of Queen's Game.