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by chrisco255 1156 days ago
The conditions necessary for biomass expansion are also conducive to biodiversity. Indeed, the vast majority of biological diversity is in the tropical region of earth. Species of life seem to have a very hard time in the arctic regions.

As for AIs, I see no reason why they should prefer any characteristic of ecology at all, if all of their needs can be met from silicon and electricity.

(1) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259552528_Why_are_t...

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> The conditions necessary for biomass expansion are also conducive to biodiversity.

It might be the case in general, but currently we're experiencing biodiversity loss on the global scale. [1] [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_loss [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction