I usually like whatever I've recently finished best.
Today's robots are very primitive, capable of understanding only a few simple instructions such as 'go left', 'go right', and 'build car'.
Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing.
The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only more expensive.
SF has at least the advantage of not depending on preconceptions.
I think these days an SF connection would be a boost to other books; I'm sure more people have read my two little detective puzzles because of the SF connection.