Has Evolution already captured AI?

How can evolution “capture” anything?
If evolution has captured AI, then what are the implications for humans?

This post connects two of my favorite topics — AI and evolution. The title question has some provocative onion-like characteristics. To frame this conversation, first we need to define evolution and AI.

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What I Wanna Do When I Grow Up.

This question is one of the two big questions in life. It is a difficult post for me because it is very personal. A person’s chosen purpose in life strikes to the essence of what and who they are. Even worse, my life purpose is not even very original or particularly memorable.

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“Strike a Spark” Vanessa Barrett Welding Scholarship

We set up this scholarship in 2022 to honor Vanessa Barrett by supporting and encouraging people who might not be strong book learners, but have capability and desire to develop and achieve in demanding physical trades, such as welding.

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A Review of “The End of the World is Just the Beginning,” by Peter Zeihan.

Geography, Demography, Technology, Pax Americana, Free Money, and Cheap Energy. This time really is different. It will not end well.
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Hope for Humanity: Review of the book A Thousand Brains, by Jeff Hawkins

This is a book of hope for humanity. But more than just hope, Jeff Hawkins has a plan–a plan for all humanity, and beyond. Each of its three sections is largely independent, and yet in the final two, short chapters Jeff Hawkins unites the book into a breathtaking estate plan for humanity.

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