Lumifer comments on An overall schema for the friendly AI problems: self-referential convergence criteria

Lumifer 17 Jul 2015 16:22 UTC
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After a while there will be vastly more of A around than of B

So, in this scenario, what evolved?
- gjm 17 Jul 2015 16:53 UTC
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  The distribution of A and B in the population.
  - Lumifer 17 Jul 2015 16:54 UTC
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    I don’t think this is an appropriate use of the word “evolution”.
    - gjm 17 Jul 2015 18:09 UTC
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      Why not? It’s a standard one in the biological context. E.g.,
      
      “In fact, evolution can be precisely defined as any change in the frequency of alleles within a gene pool from one generation to the next.”
      
      which according to a talk.origins FAQ is from this textbook: Helena Curtis and N. Sue Barnes, Biology, 5th ed. 1989 Worth Publishers, p.974