> In order to compete, they need to adapt, hence they develop consciousness. This isn't how evolution works. Evolution is not purposeful: adaptions don't occur

> In order to compete, they need to adapt, hence they develop consciousness. This isn't how evolution works. Evolution is not purposeful: adaptions don't occur because adaptions are necessary for the survival of a population group's descendents. If a population doesn't change quickly enough to remain well-suited to its environment, it just dies off: extinction. You seem to like AI, so: evolution is basically a stochastic hill-climbing algorithm. You're describing something closer to intelligent design than evolution.