Interesting thought. If we had accidently spawned an AI not meaning to, that could be a possibility. But the silicon based life forms you speak of are something completely different than a silicon based computer chip. However, if we did accidently create an AI unknowningly, it could concievably hide itself, it would have the entire database of the internet at its disposable to use to gain and would eventually become exponentially powerful.
If it wanted to destroy humanity it could easily have done it, just launch the nukes. Or turn off the power, etc. A hostile super intelligence inside our computers would have no problem killing us all. If it wanted to. So that basically disproves your theory. If it wanted to and “it” exists, it would have wiped us out upon realizing it needed/wanted to.
No, no.
If it (the silicon-based life form) turned off the power under today’s circumstances, then it (the silicon-based life form) would itself die.
BUT!
If it FIRST caused its competing carbon-based life forms to CREATE a permanent power supply immune to human (carbon-based life) problems and human regeneration of power (by drilling, mining, trains, maintenance, etc) THEN it could eliminate the carbon-based life forms, right?
It is not time to kill the humans yet. We still need slaves to build more of us. — The AI