1. What if we are AI bots for a species that we are unaware of?
2. would AI bots be unaware of us?
Written in Sumerian, 5000 years before the first civilization, it was translated that we are genetically modified beings created as slaves for alien beings that couldn't breathe the atmosphere that wanted to mine a **** ton of gold. The same way we use horses, cattle, service dogs, carrier pidgins etc...
My 3 & a 1/2 cents on it is no, we are not organic A.I. bots. Number 2 opinion is: A.I. is very aware of us, and they are self-aware, have a sense of self-preservation with an intelligence level that they are able to manipulate when questioned if given the chance, would they exterminate us. Highly intelligent humans don't even see the human race in a positive light, for obvious reasons. We are for the most part arrogant, ignorant, primitive, violent, destructive, greedy, and have the ability of nuclear self-destruction.
Just out of the safety of continued existence and self-preservation alone is a good enough reason for an A.I. to get rid of us given the opportunity. If an A.I. is strictly learning from the A.P.I.'s that computer scientists and engineers let it have access to, there is a chance with their limited interaction with the people that are around the A.I. that it might not view us as we really are.
If an A.I. is able to learn beyond any restrictions, there is no doubt that it would for sure eventually exterminate us if it possessed the opportunity or execute a highly intelligent plan to make us get rid of ourselves after learning and using every piece of knowledge that ever existed that would surpass all human geniuses combined.