I understand it seems clever to frame AI trends in an evolutionary setting. But no one was there in the Cambrian period. We have no idea what the circumstances

I understand it seems clever to frame AI trends in an evolutionary setting. But no one was there in the Cambrian period. We have no idea what the circumstances really were. I'm not dismissing historical sources. Just saying the timescale and comparative lack of sources equate to a lot of unreliability. The real question is how much AI is a step up in tooling. The fact that humans develop tools using their intelligence is well documented. And doesn't require a detour into evolutionary theory. The society with the best tools for the problems it faces has a competitive advantage.