It may not be ruling/guiding/loving/hating us in any way, but what if something else has actually triggered the development of life on the Earth intentionally?
Surely you jest! We shit where we eat, multiply like rabbits, kill one another regularly, chant, pound drums...
Personally, I often wonder if there isn't some sort of sign a dozen or so light years out:
Avoid Contact
We are kind of a mess really, as a species. If we managed to create an AI that is sentient, I would call us lucky, and or foolish.
Take this comment with a large grain of salt. Just idle thoughts for some perspective.
No. An AI isn't going to just magic its way in to existence. There needs to be a huge amount of effort and work put in by people. If anything, if we manage to create an intelligent "lifeform" that we bestow with feelings and wants that adds more weight to the idea that god (in the miraculous sense of the word) is not real.