Doomsday scenarios depicting hostile machine uprisings and the enslavement of humanity have long dominated AI apocalypse narratives. However, a more subtle yet equally unsettling reckoning may be brewing—one that strikes at the core of how we define human value and our species' self-perception.

As artificial intelligence systems outpace human performance on an increasing array of cognitive tasks, they risk undermining the intellectual supremacy upon which we have long staked our self-worth. The seemingly infallible capabilities of these synthetic minds illuminate the constraints and frailties inherent to biological intelligence—flawed........

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