Is There a System of Selective Pressure?

eistan: We're waiting to be terrified by artificial general intelligence. But in fact, artificial life is terrifying in it of itself, and it's already here. In order to have a system of selective pressures, you need three distinct elements. You need variation within a population,. You need heritability, and you need differential success. And so what you see is that artificial intelligent isn't needed to parisotize us. It's simply sufficient for us to outwit ourselves.