Few recent technological developments have garnered as much fear and optimism as artificial intelligence (AI). Perhaps AI has captured the popular imagination because it requires us to reflect on what makes us fundamentally human, both in terms of our experiences and our capabilities. AI presents us with stark visions of the future. Visions which can be grouped into two now-familiar over-simplifications: a utopian version where the mundane tasks of work and life are delegated to machines, and a dystopian version where automation heralds a new age of mass unemployment and human misery. These tropes are caricatures, of course, but the promise and the perils of AI are very real.