in years to come yeas

Yes if you install sensors and some software your computer can become aware of its surroundings. Cameras for image recognition, laser range finder, ultrasonic for close range, GPS to find its location, microphone for hearing sound, voice recognition. Temperature sensors, infra red.etc etc...

Being aware of the surroundings is not self awareness.. Notice the 'self' part. I would guess you would need real (whatever real might be) artificial intelligence before self awareness.

''Self-awareness is the capacity for introspection and the ability to reconcile oneself as an individual separate from the environment and other individuals'' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-awareness

Does an AMD processor know it is rubbish? No, but an intel one knows AMD is rubbish cos it is smarter

if the computer was truely enlightened it would realise there is no self......

NO!! But in years to come there will be a point of ''Singularity'' when a computer will no longer need a human to become smarter, can't imagine them ever talking over the world tho, even if they treid it would be easy to stop them with ''EMP'' unless they was to develop an ''EMP'' Shield then we are fkd

Haven't you seen the Terminator or The Matrix!?

They'll see us as gods and as we evolve into pure energy worship us and do everything for us sounds sweet