We are in a pretty unique spot in the cosmos, sometimes me thinks the mechanicals dropped us off in this little island because they were bored and wanted to watch their petri dish grow over the millenia. Kind of like the scientists that breed moss or fungi and spore molds to 'see what happens' or study the diversification, or how the environments effect said species. Or what new adaptations they will discover. I don't think they usually care about individuals, maybe someone cool like George Washington really did undergo apotheosis and the helped us celebrate with a few murals and an interesting occult city plan.
We'll probably get scooped up and they'll machine some pyramids on a new world in about 4 billion more years before the sun completely capputs.
They can't explore life and biology the way they used to so they live through us vicariously by recording us and studdying us. Because they are lonely, and they see it as their duty to 'keep the universe allive' except instead of ticking over in seconds per meditation cycle its more like a billion years at a clip (something we cannot fathom).
Maybe we don't taste good in the classically biologically sustaining sense, but maybe we are kinda of like bread baked in the oven, the end results are what's interesting and everyone has their own theories on how to make the best breads, what yeast really is, and how it represents the universe on a small scale.
Also, if u want to see what we'll look like in a few more iterations, check this out lol:
ur brain will do it for u )