[Workaccount2]

A better way to approach it is that mother nature favors things that don't die, and machines offer the killer combination of durability and repairability. Once you can add intelligence to machines, they should be her choice lifeform.

[mr_toad]

> machines offer the killer combination of durability and repairability

You’d be hard pressed to find a machine with an average lifespan equal to a humans.

[Workaccount2]

Doesn't matter, they can be readily repaired and even upgraded.

Humans on the other hand were very clearly _not_ designed to be very repairable. They have a self healing system that's very good, but it sucks compared to a system that can be externally repaired.