AI Systems Have No Hunger: A Thought Experiment on Darwinian Alignment

Well, so, here are my thoughts, too:

1. Should we follow Darwin’s own version of Darwinism, as outlined in On the Origin of Species and his subsequent arguments, or should we align as closely as possible with the latest findings in evolutionary biology?
2. Should we make selective pressures more realistic, as suggested? In other words, should we assume the existence of agents such as cooperators or mates, rather than just hostile pressures from the environment or adversaries? (While many organisms reproduce asexually, even more complex relationships—such as fusion following endosymbiosis—are common [e.g., animal mitochondria])
3. The vastness of the environment determines not only the number of agents but also the diversity of events they must deal with, which greatly influences the nature of the surviving agents—but expanding it is a huge undertaking… Wouldn’t it be quicker to just set up an environment like an MMORPG?

Well, isn’t it usually best to start experiments in a minimal environment…?