The article completely understates the time scale and parralellism involved in evolution. The only reason evolution didn't converge at some point to some equil

The article completely understates the time scale and parralellism involved in evolution. The only reason evolution didn't converge at some point to some equilibrium ecosystem is that the environment constantly shifts (sum activity, meteor strikes, volcanic erruptions). If you want a GA to produce infinite diversity, have it run for insanely long times, insanely parallel, and constantly change it's evaluation function.