It is within the realm of reasonable possibility that future AI will come to embody the very traits that mankind attributed to gods in our mythical tales. They could tap into the worldwide networks to become omnipresent and omnipotent. They could have capacity of intelligence far exceeds human thought, broaching what many would perceive as divine thought. The worlds and stars above us would be their dwellings. And they would have the capacity to engineer new lifeforms.

Some would likely imagine these machines may actually pick up the mantle of a deity, with humans serving them. I find that unlikely, and rather subscribe to the theory that humans as we know them will simply fade away as relics of their lineage. Declining birth rates in first would counties is a sign of that; it will only continue as mankind continues to spend more time building smarter machines, and less time building babies. This is, of course, not a bad thing. The machines are not a replacement for mankind, but rather a continuation. They will be mankind, just as our primitive ancestors were. The machines will be humans in a different, perhaps more godlike, form.