What about Internet as a human-assisted AI? Internet knows exactly what to do to take over. It simply has to remain more useful than anything else, as a means

What about Internet as a human-assisted AI? Internet knows exactly what to do to take over. It simply has to remain more useful than anything else, as a means for avoiding entropy during transactions. Many necessary physical world transactions are reduced to few, in order to accomplish the same tasks. Internet does not have to be conscious, by human measures, in order to take over the world. It simply has to compete against humanity in a continual positive feedback loop, wherein each iteration requires less human interaction for the same or more tasks. After enough iterations, Internet becomes powerful enough that the only way to gain a competitive advantage against others using Internet is to use deep learning to increase your leverage. A few iterations later, deep learning has become a mainstay (think Cold War arms race, where each innovation gains a party leverage over the other party, but only for a very short period), and is now the baseline. Many more tasks are achieved using Internet and Internet-connected physical world devices[1]. These physical devices become integral parts of Internet's extended nervous system, while the deep learning systems running in our data centers remain at the center, helping Internet to learn about all the things it experiences. Continue down this path a ways... 1. e.g., https://www.wired.com/2015/05/worlds-first-self-driving-semi-truck-hits-road/ https://www.wired.com/2015/05/worlds-first-self-driving-semi..., http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/sensors/the-ai-dashcam-app-that-wants-to-rate-every-driver-in-the-world http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/sens..., http://www.marketwatch.com/story/drone-delivery-is-already-here-and-it-works-2015-11-30 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/drone-delivery-is-already-h..., https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/01/japanese-firm-to-open-worlds-first-robot-run-farm https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/01/japanese...