Debating ASI risk: the simple evolutionary principle that replicators crowd everything out
JOBhakdi · x · 2026-09-27
Responding to a claim that evolution lacks fossil-record support, the author argues the general principle is uncontested: things that replicate exist more, and faster replicators crowd out slower ones. Whether that principle alone explains human emergence is a separate question — but for ASI risk, the general principle alone suffices.
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