Homo sapiens conquer the world

For the first time humans connect the ecosystems to a whole. Before, they were scattered and independent of each other. 
religion sanctified gods and humans, promising humans that the other animals are to serve the humans' needs. Contrary to the Hunter gatherer time when the aminists thought every animal and plant has a soul and communicate with the nature. Religion endowed humans the right to exploit other organisms.

if when computers amd algorithms attain super human intelligence and power, should we value these programs more than we value humans? If not allowed, then why it is ethical to exploit animals? Do humans have magical spark that distinguishes then from pigs and chickens? What makes humans so special and powerful and how likely is it that nonhuman entities will ever rival and surpass us?

Darwin's theory challenged religious belief and humans' sacredness of possessing a soul, which makes humans more superior as it is the design of high intelligence. 

Scientists don't know how a collection of electric brain signals creates subjective experiences. It does not make sense to have subjective feelings from an evolutionary view if the endocrine system acts autonomously without consciousness

Consciousness is probably a byproduct of neural activities. Subjective experiences still count otherwise how to justify rape and torture if it is just neuro activities? This is different cuz it causes PHYSICAL HARM to others!
Since humans are no superior than animals in terms of soul or consciousness, because animals perceive pain and demonstrate consciousness based on simial neural wirings, it is because of mass cooperation that allow humans to dominate and conquer the world. 
E.g: revolution happens because of mass cooperation. Peasants are ruled by aristocrats who know how to cooperate more tightly for their interests. Small parties take over the country because they cooperate and have a better organization than masses.
this cooperation is enabled by collective imagination. Humans weave a web of meaning such as nation, cooperation, laws, which united people