AI is certainly an interesting concept. one thing you may like to speculate is
www.futuretimeline.net always fun =)
i thought i remembered hearing his name from somewhere and then i found it. pretty neat podcast here. i do not necessarily agree with lilly's ways, like forcibly giving LSD to dolphins in hopes to teach them the English language....
pretty awful especially if a sentient creature may not *want* to take a psychedelic. lilly did not have a clue how the psychoactive would effect a different species either.
http://www.radiolab.org/story/hello/i think its better to observe or learn their language. i also think psychedelics may provide insights to a higher conscious but not always. all to often people abuse the drug disguised as hope to find god or better understand their life.