Wolves have a social intelligence they share with humans and dogs that felines largely lack. They track human gaze, understand pointing, and read social cues with unusual accuracy. This is why domesticated wolves (dogs) became our cognitive partners rather than cats, who domesticated themselves opportunistically around grain stores.
Cats are not less intelligent, they’re differently intelligent: excellent spatial memory, independent problem-solving, and strong prey-tracking cognition. But they are largely indifferent to social cognition. A cat that ignores you is not being stupid; it has simply not evolved to care what you think.