IIUC a lot of DNA in a lot of species is gene-drive-like things.
These seem like failure modes rather than the utility function.
By what standard are you judging when something is a failure mode or a desired outcome? I’m saying that what evolution is, is a big search process for genes that increase their relative frequency given the background gene pool. When evolution built humans, it didn’t build agents that try to promote the relative frequency of the genes that they are carrying. Hence, inner misalignment and sharp left turn.
IIUC a lot of DNA in a lot of species is gene-drive-like things.
By what standard are you judging when something is a failure mode or a desired outcome? I’m saying that what evolution is, is a big search process for genes that increase their relative frequency given the background gene pool. When evolution built humans, it didn’t build agents that try to promote the relative frequency of the genes that they are carrying. Hence, inner misalignment and sharp left turn.