[grugagag]

It is possible that machines can be programmed with a set of main (higher) goals and can then set themselves sub-goals in order to achieve those higher goals..

The question is whether us humans would be left out to compete for resources, AI machines may at some point become able to out-compete us for resources. Do we really need to satisfy our desire to play God?

Another less than perfect possibility to come out of this could be AI based war machines - goal driven self sufficient entities that have two goals, to survive and to kill.