What am I worried about here is that ML would eliminate some hidden factors allowing survival of biosystems in its goal to increase yields. Nowadays there might

What am I worried about here is that ML would eliminate some hidden factors allowing survival of biosystems in its goal to increase yields. Nowadays there might be some inefficiency with side effects allowing survival of required species; with more efficient models wrt profit those effects might disappear, causing hard-to-explain issues. An example from the past was when mountainous national parks banned certain animals from feeding on grass within park boundaries, leading to disappearance of rare flowers that needed trimmed grass surroundings to survive.