@SKDeitch Exactly my point my friend. Parents "program" their children the way the parents see fit. So what difference will it make if we do away with a lot of the human births and substitute AI for children.

If the Human Race is intelligent and has made such a mess of things I don't think I could describe the disaster that would follow the bequeathing of the planet to Artificial Intelligence created by us. It would be like replacing butter with margarine. All good intentions but poisonous as hell!

I see this as a tragedy but the path humanity is currently on portends that humanity will destroy itself inevitably by depleting its resources, failing to recognize the importance of the flora and fauna in the overall scheme of nature, and ultimately fail to learn from history. I don't think the massive ego humans possess would let anything including A.I. to replace nor succeed them.

I don't know. Do we program self-sustainability into the A.I.? Do we add routines into the software that computes probability of harm to the environment? I DEFINITELY can see a lot of humans choosing A.I. over raising children. Does that mean these "parents" will say what software is added to their "children"? Very good thought provoking topic!

supremacy victory, and Civ BE fans in the house?

Finally, progeny that aren't complete disappointments.

Sometimes you just need someone to talk to

If AI did not consume unrenewable natural resources and had the ability to monotor its advancement the planet would of course start healing from the gross negligence that wasteful greedy polutting humans heeped upon it .With out humans the ecological imbalance would return to normal

Life.. uh.. finds a way. (Jurassic Park reference)

Human life will prevail, I hope, but unlike most, I actually have some anxiety about the potential of AI overtaking humanity and eliminating us. When will the technological singularity happen, if at all, is the question.

definitely a tragedy. luckily I will be dead before this happens

Machines don't eat, drink, or breathe, so there is a good chance the environment (over time) would get to the point that it couldn't sustain any plant or animal life.
Machines would just continue to build more and more machines on a desolate planet.

I imagine it would be like The Matrix.