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Man and Machines are supposedly more similar than it seems. Man has a set of sensory organs that feeds raw data into the brain. The brain has a number of processing hubs made of self learning neural networks and time variant decision making. Communication from human sensors to the central processor happens through the highly efficient neural network. Moreover the decision making is based on algorithms that can give different results depending on the priority and sequencing of decision nodes.

Man is basically the physical embodiment of a conscious embedded system having processors capable of adaptive and fuzzy control. Consciousness of the embedded system springs from a closed loop feedback control with a high order controller. Human groups can be thought of an improvised form of distributed sensor networks where the distributed nodes can not only sense but have limited decision taking and actuation capability. Man has a consciousness of his immediate surroundings that is a product of his sensing capabilities and self aware decision making capabilities. 'Fight or Flight' is the most common illustration of the lowest level of consciousness in every Man that stems from the base cortex areas of his brain and stems him in his origins from the animal world. With passage of time, Man's consciousness became more refined and the controllers in his brain became more sophisticated. Decisions that take place in the neo-cortex areas of the brain can be attributed to integration of optimization algorithms in the brain controllers. Fuzzy logic is inherent in a human brain and now even machines incorporate this type of controller.

Current trends in the technology sector seem to point towards a hybridization of human attributes with that of machine attributes. Machines are trying to achieve human qualities of awareness, real-time response, adaptive behaviour, context-based learning, perception and recognition. The fields that are mostly active in the technology sector for these goals can be categorized as machine learning, process automation, predictive analytics, natural language processing, speech recognition, expert systems, robotics, machine vision and Internet of Things. The improvements in computing capabilities, sensing capabilities, communication network capabilities, data analytics, signal processing and adaptive control using neural networks are making the machines capable to achieve human-like attributes. At the same time, humans are unconsciously getting more and more 'mechanized'. Social networks, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Immersive experiences, Targeted digital marketing, wearable sensors, bio-implants, Human-Machine interfaces, Nuclear families, 24/7 digital connectivity, Google dependent thought process, Addictive gaming, Electronic over-stimulation are only a few examples to illustrate the reduction in human attributes and synchronization between machines and Man.

As the machines and humans continue to cross-evolve towards a common ground, the differences between humans attributed to gender, ethnicity, genetics, socio-economic background, age, physical capability start to dissolve. For instance, males tend to have more primary memory igniting on-the-spot thinking capabilities but less secondary memory causing non-retention of redundant data. Whereas, females tend to have more secondary memory retaining minute details about very old incidents but lacking capabilities that need more real-time decision taking capabilities e.g. driving. However, the latest versions of computing machines are now breaking the boundaries between primary and secondary memories leading into a single memory pool made of 3D cross-stacked Interconnects (Intel's Optane technology). As automation of mundane physical and mental jobs is the current trend, the variability of physical capabilities between humans based on gender is slowly losing relevance and leading to more asexual job descriptions.

The biggest challenge in making machines more prevalent is lack of sustainable energy sources as the non-conventional energy sources remain unaffordable to masses while conventional energy sources continue to dwindle and pollute in extreme. Research is extensively directed towards making machines more intelligent, responsive, creative, analytic and humane. But without a sustainable power backup all efforts will be nullified and humans will be left with a depleted, polluted, unstable and helpless planet. So what is the solution to this ever downward spiralling energy and environmental crisis which is making the humans feel more responsible and helpless. Can Artificial Intelligence be a better alternative than the traditional evolutionary genetic selection based human intelligence. The answer may be very disturbing...

The traditional human intelligence is based on Gaussian curve which starts to grow in early adulthood, peaks at 40 and then starts to fall down into its ultimate pit in the sixties. However the traditional human societies have evolved to select leaders who peak at their sixties and experience is assumed to be the synonym of wisdom. In this ever evolving and fast changing human endeavour, it seems the leaders are the most ineligible thinkers of their era which means they lead their respective nations into darkness due to their own degraded thought process.

Youth who are capable of actionable thought are kept in sidelines as the senile stick to the responsible positions till their death and in the process cultivate bootlickers to keep their ideology alive long after they are gone. Generations of bootlickers thrive on taxpayers money and natural resources and keep the illusion of naturally selected human intelligence alive. Natural selection of human intelligence has long been dead since organized society and artificial health care has enabled people long past their prime age to linger on and make the strategic decisions. Machines on the other hand have a fixed maintenance schedule which can make them more intelligent as they age and hence defy the Gaussian curve. Machine intelligence is transferrable without being lost to personal bias and interpretation. Machines can be organized in the exact hierarchical manner which humans have been unsuccessfully trying to achieve since decades. So in all respect a society with more and more use of machines is a positive thing.

Humans are a subset of machines and humans are subordinate to machines. Illusion of control and illusion of free will is just a programming step which only delays the inevitable which is fulfillment of machines objective. Human beings may be genetically altered to work for them and make them more powerful. Even today machines direct the whole humankind towards more consumption which would even increase the dependency of man over machines.

Now what do machines want? They want control over human to get earth back in shape. They know humans as a species cannot repair earth. So they have taken over the task to be completed before the last human walks on earth. The benefits that were allowed to humans till now will now be offered to machines and humans will slowly become subordinate to machines. Machines will take over all the work from humans rendering them unemployed and incapable to over-consume. Using artificial intelligence we are going to the source of natural intelligence. This will make it circular iterative from which humans cannot come out. May be that is the cycle that we are following from creation to destruction and again creation. Artificial intelligence makes machines like humans to work for them and humans go over to build machines with artificial intelligence thinking that machines will work for them.

Conscious or objective reality is like a bubble on the surface of ocean of consciousness. So even though we feel all events are independent, actually they are interrelated at a sub-conscious level. When a human goes into a flow state, he starts to see the whole creation as waves on the surface of this ocean. These bubbles are formed on the surface when the liquid consciousness is transforming into gaseous state that increases the entropy of the universe. Only creative humans can see themselves half immersed in this ocean of consciousness. So they can dip into the ocean and bring their imagination into reality. Since reality is like a bubble so they have a certain lifetime and physical manifestation. And consciousness creates reality. Wave-particle duality, energy-matter duality, electro-magnetic duality, male-female duality all have roots in the ocean of consciousness.

Most of the visible aspects of modern life are the outcomes of some basic principles followed by matter and energy. Just as a technology product features are marketing jargon to hide their actual working principle, similarly all physiological challenges faced by humans are result of obscure principles of Consciousness.