Well, we could get our priorities straight and appreciate intelligence and innovation wherever it is found, and realize value is determined by more than the number of zero’s on one’s paycheck.
We might decide that the benefits of improved environment and quality of life for all trumps the 1% greater profit margin to be gained by shipping food, energy and bulk commodities 3 times around the planet before they reach the final destination.
We might realize that material comfort is good and to be enjoyed, but that materialism for the sake of materials is dead end path …

But most likely not, civilization will fall and cats will evolve opposable thumbs and rise up to galactic dominance. So it’s really a win win scenario 😉