A Troubling Hypothesis

Help me out here. There's something I can't get my head around.

When computers are able to invent, apply and adapt new concepts all on their own, there will be no need for the average person (given the current elitist state of affairs).

In a free anarchic society, I can somewhat see how people will adapt to it. But I can't quite see it happening in this world.

Am I somehow wrong? I hope I am. Will computers raise the standard of living and work together with humans in the long run, as many believe?

I hope we're right.