Everything, including that which happens in our brains, depends on these and only on these: A set of fixed, deterministic laws.
Will robots inherit the earth? Yes, but they will be our children.
General fiction is pretty much about ways that people get into problems and screw their lives up. Science fiction is about everything else.
Within 10 years computers won't even keep us as pets.
The brain happens to be a meat machine.
What magical trick makes us intelligent? The trick is that there is no trick. The power of intelligence stems from our vast diversity, not from any single, perfect principle.