The Birth Of A New Intelligence

"There is only one time in the history of each planet when its inhabitants first wire up its innumerable parts to make one large Machine. Later that Machine may run faster, but there is only one time when it is born.

You and I are alive at this moment."

This quote from Kevin Kelly's Wired article, http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/tech.html is very perceptive. I wonder how we will recognize this new intelligence? And perhaps more importantly, how it will recognize us.