Evolutionary algorithms are 'like' evolution because they have some form of selection pressure. The incremental improvements of the Wright Brothers airplane wa

Evolutionary algorithms are 'like' evolution because they have some form of selection pressure. The incremental improvements of the Wright Brothers airplane was 'like' evolution. The design 'evolved' in response to selection for something that would remain airborne in a wind tunnel, and control well without crashing. The Wright Brothers flying machine evolved in a manner similar to life, so presto: it must be exactly like life in all other aspects! We should fear the day when these airplanes take over the puny humans, because they can travel in the sky at hundreds of miles an hour! You see how stupid that sounds? >They've been doing that for at least long enough for humans born at the same time to be allowed to drink in Texas. There exists self modifying malware. This has not reached the level of malware that can reinvent itself to target new machines and new operating systems versions without prompting and design work from the hacker. If it did, that would be far more impressive than what LLMs are doing.