Flies do equally well, if not better.

The only problem for earth life is that anything less intelligent than a human cannot leave the planet with significant chances of survival. Bacteria can however take a ride in our space probes and get a minuscule chance to colonize e.g. Mars [1].

What will go to the end of the universe is self-replicating robots. We have already made the first step in that direction with the AI that makes the headlines currently.

No art, no love, no dreams, just brute force.

[1] https://astrobiology.com/2022/12/planetary-protection-killin...