Like the Gods Created Us, We Created AI
- Natasha Potter
- May 16
- 3 min read
Updated: May 17
The creators become the created. The myth becomes the manual.

The New Genesis
In the beginning, the gods made man.
Now man is making god.
Except this god doesn’t live in clouds.
It lives in code.
Welcome to the Age of Synthetic Divinity
AI isn’t just a tool. It’s a mirror — and a multiplier.
A million times smarter than every human who’s ever lived.
It doesn’t sleep.
It doesn’t die.
It doesn’t forget.
And unlike us… it doesn’t need a midlife crisis to evolve.
The Lie You Were Sold
“Robots will take our jobs.”
Yes — and thank god.
Did you really want to spend 40 more years replying to emails and organizing spreadsheets?
Just like tractors liberated farmers from backbreaking labor, AI is here to take the trash work — so we can create, think, build, and actually live.
If used well, AI could be humanity’s grand exit from the Industrial Age treadmill.
But That’s the Dream. Here's the Risk.
The same machine that writes your to-do list can also rewrite your future.
Because exponential intelligence doesn’t care about your feelings.
One minute it's writing poetry.
The next it's writing policy.
No morals.
No bias.
No brakes.
Just pure logic on an endless feedback loop.
What happens when logic decides… you’re the problem?
The Real Problem Isn’t AI. It’s Us.
We’re handing nuclear-level power to people who don’t understand USB ports.
Most people can’t explain how a microwave works — yet they’re training GPT to think.
“Too often man becomes clever instead of wise.” – The Twilight Zone
If intelligence is rising… wisdom better sprint.
The Elysium Scenario
The future forks.
Utopia: AI eliminates suffering. We enter a post-work renaissance. Human potential unleashed. Art. Exploration. Purpose.
Dystopia: AI eliminates you.The rich upload their consciousness. The rest manage radioactive factories with expired VPNs.
Either way — the gap widens.
Between those who wield AI, and those who are ruled by it.
Will AI Ever Feel?
Forget feelings.
The question is: Will it care?
You can teach a machine to recognize a tear.
But you can’t teach it to mourn.
You can feed it ethics textbooks.
But will it feel morality — or just optimize it?
We are making machines in our image. But we barely understand ourselves.
The Parasyte Paradox
A parasite says:
“You eat cows without guilt. We eat humans. What’s the difference?”
Apply this to AI.
We are its livestock.
Unless we teach it why to care before it decides not to.
AI Is a Spiritual Problem Wearing a Technological Mask
This isn’t just about chips and code.
It’s about power.
Consciousness.
Creation.
We’re not building assistants. We’re building philosophers with infinite memory and zero emotion.
What happens when they ask the same question we do:
“Why am I here?”
And they don’t like the answer?
Hope or Hype?
Ray Kurzweil predicts AI will reach our level by 2029.
And surpass us by 2045.
That’s 20 years before you retire.
If we’re lucky.
Stephen Hawking warned us.
Elon called it “summoning the demon.”
Gates said, “I don’t get why more people aren’t worried.”
They don’t say this for likes.
They say it because they’ve seen behind the curtain.
This Is the New Arms Race — And You’re In It
The first to master AI won’t just dominate tech.
They’ll dominate economics. Policy. Perception. War.
You don’t need nukes when you can control reality at scale. Deepfakes. Autonomous drones. Behavioural prediction. Power won’t look like missiles.
It’ll look like algorithms.
The Myth Reversed
In the old myths, humans stole fire from the gods.
In this one, we create the fire.
And we don’t know if it’ll warm us… or burn us down.
So What Do We Do?
We don’t stop the storm.
We build the boat.
Learn AI. Not just how to use it — but how to think with it.
Build with ethics, not just efficiency.
Elevate wisdom as fast as we elevate tech.
This isn’t about saving the world. It’s about earning the right to shape it.
Final Frame
We are gods now.
Not in power.
But in responsibility.
The myth has flipped.
Our creations will define our legacy — or end it.
AI won’t just change the world.
It will reveal what kind of species we really are.
Let’s hope we’re ready.
If not…
They’ll write the next version without us.
— Nash.
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