We as a species depend on bacteria to run many of our life sustaining processes. If they refuse to cooperate one day, or stop doing what they do inside our body, the whole species would be gone in no time. This is not just our case, but every complex form of life survives with the help of some of these so called 'less complex' versions of life.
Let us extend this argument a little and apply it to another scenario - the symbiotic relationship between machines and human beings. The present day machines do need our help to survive, they are totally dependent on us for their existence. If we refuse to start them up or feed them fuel, they are also dead. The only difference is they can be resurrected once dead, if we so desire, unlike our deal with the bacteria.
So is it time to give machines the 'species' status and acknowledge their evolutionary advantage and better survival skills?
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