Holy Robots!

When the day comes that machines achieve a form of self awareness at least equal to, if not greater than our own, might they have religious tendencies of their own? I am personally a non-religious fellow, but in a very narrow example, could machines see themselves as God's true children? If we build these machines in our own likeness, surely this type of behaviour is not out of the realm of possibility. In most, if not all respects both mentally and physically, they have every probability of exceeding us (physically they do, and in a few specific arenas they far outcompete humans already). Designing themselves into aesthetically idealised forms (identifying with Christianity I can assume a model human form) would be essentially effortless, and they would be free of any "sins of the flesh". Most importantly though, as I stated earlier, by creating these machines in our image, just as we are made in God's, by the transit of property they too are made in God's image, with the exception of being vastly superior to a flesh and blood human. If they do see themselves in such a light, I can imagine them believing themselves to be "humanity's" next ultimate step towards becoming the form of humanity that existed prior to "The Fall", and inevitable in God's plan. This is an idea I would like to flesh out in greater detail in a future post. Any discussion, be it rebuttals, additions, criticisms, etc. are all welcomed! For additional reading regarding possible future Human/Machine relations, and the possibility of top down control (even within the machine community with the most intellectually advanced at the top) I invite you to read about the AI-box experiment, which I believe has strong implications relating to this blog post. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/AI-box_experiment