We've been playing God since we invented language and decided to make a religion that starts the universe with "In the beginning was the Word".
(That this new origin story was added to the religion somewhere between two centuries and a few millennia (and at least one radical theological split) after the oldest part was written down, doesn't change much).
As for "will understanding how minds work endanger everyone?" sure, in million ways to Sunday both by our own hands and the hands we make, and yet at the same time it might also solve all our problems and create a synthetic mortal heaven that lasts for 10^32 subjective years before the fusion fuel from the disassembled galaxies finally runs out.
The only way to even guess at the odds of these outcomes is to learn more.
(That this new origin story was added to the religion somewhere between two centuries and a few millennia (and at least one radical theological split) after the oldest part was written down, doesn't change much).
As for "will understanding how minds work endanger everyone?" sure, in million ways to Sunday both by our own hands and the hands we make, and yet at the same time it might also solve all our problems and create a synthetic mortal heaven that lasts for 10^32 subjective years before the fusion fuel from the disassembled galaxies finally runs out.
The only way to even guess at the odds of these outcomes is to learn more.