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The Third Great Demotion: Copernicus, Darwin, and AI

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Davide Piffer
Jul 23, 2026
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Copernicus displaced us in space. Darwin displaced us in nature. AI is displacing us in intelligence.

Last week, the argument about whether machines are “really intelligent” began to feel strangely dated.

On July 15 and 16, the world’s best young mathematicians sat for the International Mathematical Olympiad in Shanghai. Of 666 contestants, seven achieved…

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