If I may use a programming analogy, the process described is akin to NPC agents in a browser based MMORPG Rowhammering a bunch of random bits into some exposed ArrayBuffer until a Counter div appears on the page, then claiming they have some deeper understanding of the origins of life in their universe.
Do they have a deeper understanding? Perhaps. Have they come anywhere near the "origin of life"? Nope.
Do they have a deeper understanding? Perhaps. Have they come anywhere near the "origin of life"? Nope.