timtyler comments on Ben Goertzel: The Singularity Institute's Scary Idea (and Why I Don't Buy It) - Less Wrong
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The term "evolution" usually means what it says in the textbooks on the subject.
They essentially talk about changes in the genetic make up of a population over time.
Science evolves in precisely that sense - e.g. see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_inheritance_theory
I stand by my statement, leaving it unchanged.