The living creatures on Earth evolved by a natural process called evolution, and the evolution developed increasingly complex organisms. ...
The living creatures on Earth evolved by a natural process called evolution, and the evolution developed increasingly complex organisms. Although the evolution's goal is not necessarily to create increasingly complex organisms, the trend looks like the complexity of living organisms in the long term does indeed increase.
The result of this trend is intelligent beings known as humans. If we see evolution as not a planned course but rather as a process that has no goal, and as a natural process that is meant to increase adaptation to the environment, then the development of intelligence is not a necessary result of the evolutionary process.
Earth's evolution, however, did undoubtedly lead to the appearance of intellect and consciousness. Apparently, the evolutionary process of organisms has not stopped. The question is whether the evolution of the humankind can continue. Is it possible to increase intelligence further with biological evolution?
It seems likely that the biological peak-evolution finished with the appearance of intelligence. The natural selection of the human species has slowed down, and it looks like only a cataclysmic event such as a mass extinction could give a boost to evolution. However, due to our scientific development, this kind of evolution is still not likely, since we could possibly defend ourselves against it.
Can the peak-evolution continue, or has nature reached its end with the appearance of intelligence? Suppose that the evolution has no purpose and goal, but still continues, then what would be the engine of its mechanism for the following period?
If we don't count the peak-evolution as a possible biological evolution, no other option remains than to count intelligence as the future engine of evolution. Intelligence must be the engine of the peak-evolution, which will go on to create the next level of development.
This development can be the development of robotics, computer technology, and artificial intelligence. It remains difficult to evaluate how far this development can go. Can it create any intelligence other than what its creator can create? Or at all, can it create intelligence that is indeed the extension of the natural peak-evolution? Or superior to that? This seems like a philosophical question. If we assume that evolution is ongoing, and that evolution has no goal, then the answer to the above questions should be yes?
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