Why do you think the goal of evolution is “more copies of genome” rather than “more babies”? To the extent that evolution can be said to have a goal, I think “more babies” is closer—e.g. imagine a mutation that caused uncontrolled DNA replication within a cell. That would lead to lots of copies of its genome but not more reproductive fitness (Really, I guess this means that you need to specify which evolution you’re talking about—I think the evolution for healthy adult humans has “babies who grow to adulthood” as its goal)
w.r.t. declining population sizes, I think it’s likely we would return to malthusianism after a few more generations of genetic/cultural selection under modern conditions. Although as you say the singularity is going to come before that can happen.
Why do you think the goal of evolution is “more copies of genome” rather than “more babies”? To the extent that evolution can be said to have a goal, I think “more babies” is closer—e.g. imagine a mutation that caused uncontrolled DNA replication within a cell. That would lead to lots of copies of its genome but not more reproductive fitness (Really, I guess this means that you need to specify which evolution you’re talking about—I think the evolution for healthy adult humans has “babies who grow to adulthood” as its goal)
w.r.t. declining population sizes, I think it’s likely we would return to malthusianism after a few more generations of genetic/cultural selection under modern conditions. Although as you say the singularity is going to come before that can happen.