Science Fiction has does some important up-front thinking about the implications and people need to start paying attention, because the day when it matters is either here now, or just around the corner.
The Butlerian Jihad in Dune is an interesting example.
The Turing Police in William Gibson's sprawl series is also important. Will international police forces track down and destroy artificial intelligence? Or will that not happen? Either way, the implications are very significant.
The key question for all of this is always the Freedom Question: should you be free to make these choices? Or are we better off with really powerful forces making sure that these choices are not allowed? Isn't that what everything always comes down to? And as we know, different people always line up on one side or the other when it comes time to choose.
Having a human become emotionally attached to a sentient (maybe not the right word) computer program was fascinating. If that ever becomes possible, and I think it will, it could mean the end of personal relationships and ultimately the human race........
They might try, but likely as not they'd only succeed in eliminating the dumb ones!