Minor critique but I’m pretty sure this is inbreeding at worst and a clone at best which is not really what you seem to be after.
As to the title, I would give a naive “yes” and would broadly be in support of this idea, technical limitations aside of course. That said, if we actually had this level of control I feel like we could probably explicitly select the best genes from both parents and not mess around with the randomization.
Regarding the case where both “digital gametes” originate from the same one, I think it can reasonably be viewed as a digital analog of parthenogenesis that already exists across biology, from lizards and sharks to certain birds.
Minor critique but I’m pretty sure this is inbreeding at worst and a clone at best which is not really what you seem to be after.
As to the title, I would give a naive “yes” and would broadly be in support of this idea, technical limitations aside of course. That said, if we actually had this level of control I feel like we could probably explicitly select the best genes from both parents and not mess around with the randomization.
Regarding the case where both “digital gametes” originate from the same one, I think it can reasonably be viewed as a digital analog of parthenogenesis that already exists across biology, from lizards and sharks to certain birds.