alt Hacker NewsI'll use this opportunity to recommend The Selfish Gene, which puts forward a strong argument for how the actual competitive battlefield on Earth is between genes, while us humans and everything else we call "life" are their "survival machines" (read: technology that they use).
I recommend to also read criticism of why selfish gene needs to be taken with a suitable grain of salt.
Also the author currently believes Claude is conscious, apparently because LLM output contained enough flattery.