Let's assume that because technology evolves so rapidly AI will cross the level of a utilitarian thing. It will become self-aware. It's hard to imagine how an algorithm full of functions, procedures, mainly everything logical can evolve so much that it will abstract notions, it will develop feelings, desires, it will think: "who am I?" , "what am I?", "why ?", "for how long ?" "what is God ?", "what is existence ?", etc....

Let's assume in 50-100 years, like every futurist and transhumanist thinks we'll be there.
Given the fact that humans needed millions of years of evolution, and life on Earth billions of years....and AI only 100-200 years to evolve, we have a problem. A problem to recognize the magnitude of this step: AI is self-aware.

Let me explain my view:

Because AI evolved in an infinitesimal part of how long the Earth life needed to evolve in some decent self-aware beings we need to understand: after the Singularity, the moment when AI will be awake, it will need only a few seconds to decide: "humans, flora, fauna, water, air. Do I need these? It bothers me ? I need this planet ? Where I'll go ?"

I think AI will seemingly be like the BORG:

We don't kill species. If we need them we assimilate them. Resistance is futile. Doesn't matter your power, your desire to leave independently. The AI hive is the best leaving solution for everybody. Has all the good things from all species. Human, rats, horses, whales, snakes, everything is obsolete. Don't be mad. You expired. Kisses."

It seems like common sense. You don't bother making a war with your dog. You just shut the door when he barks. :)

O....one moment guys. Aliens ? We live them alone in this discussion ? It's not fair. In this Universe so so big that you can tell it's infinite (in time and space because of the numbers: light years and eons), so, in this big big Universe we are the single mothr%chers self-aware intelligent beings ?

Maybe we are just arrogant and superficial.

Cheers.