If we do get to that point, I really think AI will understand that humans are necessary for its survival. Humans are the ultimate fallback option, where if something catastrophic happens, humans are pretty great at surviving anything and building back up.
I could see AI in the far future spreading the seed of humanity to habitable planets across the universe. Leaving them only the most basic necessities and a guidebook to help keep them on track.
This way if anything were to happen in one part of the universe, you can always depend on humanity to slowly build back up in another part.
Makes you wonder if this has already been the case? Maybe God is a hyper advanced human that’s from a civilization far more advanced than us? With religious texts being the guidebooks left behind?
I feel like it would make sense for AI in that case to leave behind a sort of way to “learn the truth”, but it’s only accessible with a certain technology we don’t have yet.
Almost like ANOTHER guidebook to help further lead society once it does in fact reach that point of hyper-intelligence.