Supporters of the advancement of Artificial Intelligence advertise their position online and give ample information on the work they do, even offering job opportunities to those who are seen fit to do the work. Steve Schaffer, writing on the NASA website, describes this, noting that The Artificial Intelligence Group does research on Artificial Intelligence in areas to further help scientist to discover the deep out reaches of space, going to areas which at the moment are inhospitable to human bodies, but bearable for the artificial intelligence in their mechanic bodies (Schaffer). If true, these deep space Artificial Intelligence machines may be representative of an advancement in technology which could better humanity.
On the other hand, critics argue that computers are becoming far too advanced for people to control. According to John Sullins book the Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics, computers are not only becoming more efficient, more capable and faster, but the rate at which they are improving is also increasing with issues and controversies (Sullins 110). Computers are more capable of producing accurate results. So they will potentially replace humans in jobs that are better suited for them. This could mean that the workplace will no longer be man's domain. Unemployment rates could go up, and humans could soon lose their grounds as dominant creatures. Most critical of possibilities is complete destruction of the human race, moreover by the fast developments in the area of Artificial Intelligence. Scientists are predicting that at the rate in which Artificial Intelligence is increasing, they will surpass mankind's' ability to think and act, and beyond that, create Artificial Intelligence itself; the machines would be able to sustain themselves, and create more and more of themselves indefinitely, making them quite hard to control (Sullins). Everyone has seen the movies where mankind is taken over by another intelligent race, or at very least heard the stories about them.