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People often say this as a way to dismiss concerns about the degradation of concise language in English.
Evolution is a result of survival of the fittest; it almost always improves survivability amongst a certain population. That's the opposite of what's happening in this case; a word is losing a concise meaning, making the language more difficult for everyone, as now "advise" can be either a verb or a noun. Nobody benefits from changes like this.