[KraziHare]

If bacteria begat intelligent life then imagine what the things we create could be one day. My belief is that intelligent life is here (by design or otherwise) to bring order to it's surroundings. The general nature of things is to come apart after time (in simpler terms; things change no matter what). Rocks erode, water churns, things grow and die. But once something came along powerful enough to not only change it's surroundings but do it by choice then there was a force that could and would bring order to existence. Not only that but the things we didn't understand could be put into terms that we could so that new ways of controlling and altering were avaliable. If we were able to do that then why couldn't a robot, especially considering they'd have several evolutionary advantages over us? As long as they needed us we'd take care of them but once we need them they will be the superior beings. If you think it's necessary to avoid this fate then the place to start is improving ourselves through philosophy (one thing that we may always be better at than them) and tools; things that will improve our binds and bodies (things that are available in the matrix).