DNA and Brains both store information and mutate it to create new organisms and new ideas. We pass down our genes and memories to our kids. And today you can easily see the rapid pace of evolution now starting to become faster, and it's clear it's all about computation of data and AI. That's because evolution *is* computation aka phones, communications, AI, etc.
DNA and brains both model a ton of data, they can do a LOT with very little. The model DNA and brains have is modeling patterns. The universe has patterns because its laws of physics are few. Structures like DNA and brains and other mechanisms exploit this and model the world so that they can predict or successfully reproduce or maintain their own form. So because of patterns, organisms evolve into getting better at being "immortal". Too large planets become suns/stars because of too much context in the core. The bigger your DNA or brain is the exponentially more it can model. Data relationships are combinational. So, bigger systems can evolve faster and survive much longer, maybe even pass the probability at some point, assuming our universe doesn't die of Heat Death. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T3cd584667cb2384b-M2adfcc5448e583c4f3692ffa Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
