I feel like the post goes from a fairly anthropomorphic approach of asking essentially—why bacteria failed to evolve into more complex forms. But from a non-anthropomorphic perspective, they failed nothing at all. They are highly resilient, persistent, widespread, adaptable, biologically successful in other terms, lifeforms. Rugged and simple—those designs tend to work. And to go back to everybody’s favourite topic—i.e. AI and the future that goes with it, or not—I would put their chances of being around in one thousand year well, well higher than those of homo sapiens—complex as it may be.
I feel like the post goes from a fairly anthropomorphic approach of asking essentially—why bacteria failed to evolve into more complex forms. But from a non-anthropomorphic perspective, they failed nothing at all. They are highly resilient, persistent, widespread, adaptable, biologically successful in other terms, lifeforms. Rugged and simple—those designs tend to work. And to go back to everybody’s favourite topic—i.e. AI and the future that goes with it, or not—I would put their chances of being around in one thousand year well, well higher than those of homo sapiens—complex as it may be.