The other day I was thinking about some of the things that I have already discussed in length with you guys and one of them was the mystery of the origin of life. In fact my last post was regarding this too.

But this time I thought about it in relation to our role as creators too. Basically I was thinking whether or not we were created by a god and if so, would we become god too if we ever created conscious beings?

I was reading about the recent advancements in robotics and how one day we might create robots that were just like us and maybe in a more distant future if we could create robots that were conscious?

I know I am delving into the realm of sci-fi here, like I usually like to do, but these are interesting things to ponder upon. It's always exciting to think about what would happen next after such a huge event.

A Second Intelligent Race?

We humans like to pride ourselves at being the only intelligent race on the planet and how we have basically taken the topmost place in the food chain and are now the dominant species.

If we were to one day, create robots that were conscious, it would change the game forever. We would, for the first time have an equal (or even better) 'species' who could outsmart us in every way possible.

Before then, we would obviously be using them for our own benefits like in factories, offices, restaurants, homes and anywhere you can imagine them to be useful. But the moment they become conscious, the whole game changes.

Just like how we enjoy free will, what if they start demanding free will as well and they no longer want to work for us? The ramifications of this would be huge and life on Earth would never be the same again.

A Huge Plot Twist

Now, there is another view we can look at this. Say, life on Earth was created by a god or by another alien species. And let's say one day they just appeared claiming to be our masters and for us to serve them.

How would that make us feel? We are conscious beings who have free will and have always seen ourselves as masters of our own selves and if one day someone comes along claiming to have created us and to serve them, would that be right?

This is kind of the same thing that the robots that we would create go through. This is something that was also portrayed in the Avengers: Age of Ultron movie and we all know what they decided to do.

My point is that with the advancements in AI and robotics and the really fast pace of development, I think we as a race should really be cautious about how these things could end up doing the exact opposite of what we want them to do. Something to ponder upon.