The episode of Star Trek we watched made me think of an amusing joke. "Scientists finally discovered how to create humans out of dirt, just like God did when He created Adam. They perfected the process and the day came when the scientists challenged God to a 'man-building' contest. The rules were simple: each would create life from dirt and whoever created the better being would be proved superior. Feeling generous, the scientists allowed God to go first. He created a magnificent man and then split him in half to make a wife for him. God finished and the scientists puzzled over how they could create a better being than the pair God created. they decided to create not just a man and wife, but a whole family. As each of the scientists reached for a handful of dirt and began to mold it, God interrupted and said to the scientists: 'Hey get your own dirt!'"

This really makes me think about men trying to play God. I don't think it will ever get so far as humans being able to create life from dirt, but isn't this the idea when we try to create AI? Especially in the example of Data; he looks and acts like a human and he was created by a man. It seems to me that by trying to create an android, or something similar, humans are trying to become like God. Generally, this is frowned upon by God (look at Lucifer for example) so who is to say that if mankind did manage to create AI, it wouldn't give us what we deserve. Perhaps if mankind does devote themselves to developing a real life Data, a situation similar to that of iRobot would also develop. Maybe that is a good reason to not try to create artificial intelligence.