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Lesser Apes

As AI gets smarter, will we get dumber?

Mario Gabriele
Oct 16, 2025
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Illustration by Edmon de Haro

A species’ intelligence does not always increase. Many parasites have evolved to become simpler than their ancestors, shedding neural …

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