The history of life shows that evolution does not progress toward a specific goal like super-intelligence, but rather toward ubiquity by occupying every available ecological niche

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From an evolutionary perspective, an AI that uses Bitcoin would be more fit for survival than one using stablecoins or bank accounts, which can be revoked

In evolution, life forms often lose complex capabilities if doing so is energetically favorable for survival within their specific niche

In a competitive digital ecosystem, many AI agents will specialize and lose general capabilities like human language, as it would be energetically inefficient for their niche

Biologists consider the 'grey goo' scenario, where a single organism consumes everything, biologically impossible because mutations would lead to internal competition

An operational definition of life includes the ability to evolve, reproduce, and optimize for resource constraints

The alignment of a new life form is achieved through co-evolution