Almost all predictions will be proven false. It is hoped that the very existence of the internet will tend to alleviate this problem, as the printing press tended toward the development of Democracy, and the Nation State. But there are no unmixed blessings, just as there are no total disasters. I have no idea of the immediate establishment of the Nanotopia, the Singularity, or the Netmind, although I personally feel that all are imminent. Intelligent machines are very close, but I tend to doubt their omnipotence, and indeed their utility.
Humans are cheap, wily, dedicated to survival, and very adaptable.
And today, all the industrialized nations are in the throes of a massive labor shortage, leading to social unrest, mass migration, and a resurgence of neo-fascism. It is also worth pointing out that humans are equipped with a software base measurable in terabytes. Every book, every movie, every song, every sports event, every folk tale, every old wives tale, every holy book, every college bull session, every baby shower, every word spoken and lesson learned is somehow part of all of us, in a very real, non mystical sense. And the machines, spiritual or otherwise, had best look out for us. Machines may support us and may become us, and we may become them, but even if they supplant us, they will become us in the process.