Don't expect to be able to upload your cat's brain into your Roomba any time soon.
Future forecasting is all about testing strategies - it's like a wind tunnel.
Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.
My own suspicion is that a stand-alone artificial mind will be more a tool of narrow utility than something especially apocalyptic.
In a Photoshopped world, only the skeptical eye prevails.
Foresight turns out to be a critical adaptive strategy for times of great stress.