"We could thus imagine, as an extreme case, a technologically highly advanced society, containing many complex structures, some of them far more intricate and i

"We could thus imagine, as an extreme case, a technologically highly advanced society, containing many complex structures, some of them far more intricate and intelligent than anything that exists on the planet today — a society which nevertheless lacks any type of being that is conscious or whose welfare has moral significance. In a sense, this would be an uninhabited society. It would be a society of economic miracles and technological awesomeness, with nobody there to benefit. A Disneyland without children." --Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies It's not a given that anything of value will survive.