I think the economic value of people overall will decrease (a lot will lose their jobs) but the value of workers (increasingly specialized ones which cannot be replaced by machines) will keep increasing (until they too become replaceable).<p>I think the value of all physical assets will decrease dramatically (due to constant increases in economic productivity). So in effect, those who manage to hold on to their jobs for the longest will be able to accumulate the most wealth in the end.<p>...Then in an effort to optimize energy consumption, machines will genetically engineer us to require fewer and fewer resources. Until we become amoeba.