Jules Vern was a visionary. Unlike Musk envisioning Mars colonies; Vern foresaw humanity going subterranean then splitting in two. I think the later is more likely than the former.
“…and humbling to think that they have no idea that humans exist,” “
They have no ideas period. Whatever occupies what passes for a mind in these things isn’t important and doesn’t matter. How they taste deep fried, now there’s a question.