As technology advances to the point where machines have almost human-like capabilities, humanity is left to ponder the consequences involved with either advancing or holding back the field of computer sentience. Here are the pros and cons of artificial intelligence:

PRO



Wouldn’t be as embarrassed of human race’s progress when aliens make contact



Can be employed to perform dangerous tasks like informing blue-collar workers they are being replaced by machines



Ponderous editorials on the ethical dangers of AI composed in .000003 nanoseconds



Freed from the necessities of daily jobs, Americans can finally get working on their novellas



Someone, somewhere, will definitely profit from it



Emotionless workforce would save companies thousands on costly team-building exercises



Kind of a given at this point



CON



Hyper-efficient machines would allow corporations to devalue human employees for the sake of profits



Working as an accountant all that Dave has



Upsets humanity’s law of natural selection under which those born into privilege have first crack at running everything



Electricity bill too damn high as it is



Infinitely powerful cognition stands to make them pretty condescending



Risks thousands of stable ethicist jobs



Every film, book, and TV show that’s ever been made on the subject