Evolution used to take millennia. Now it takes minutes.Artificial intelligence is reshaping how humans think, adapt, choose, and survive—while simultaneously guiding the evolution of machines, microbes, and entire ecosystems. From accelerating cultural change and redefining intelligence to influencing genetics, mate selection, and conservation, AI has become a powerful new selective force.This article explores how humans and machines are now co-evolving, why natural selection can’t keep up, and what it means when evolution is no longer driven by biology alone.AI isn’t just changing the world—it’s changing what it means to evolve