Living in a broad-based technological age, we have witnessed how machines evolved from rudimentary metal into sophisticated intellectual objects in the past decades. With the increasing reliance of humans on automated technology in the workplace, there has been extensive discussion over the past two decades regarding the fear of automation replacing human labor. This fear derived from the first hand observations of skyrocketing unemployment rate, which creates a general assumption that technological advancements are steadily “chipping away” the reliance on manual labor. It appears inevitable that in the future, production and distribution will become ever more automated, with human laborers being initially marginalized and then progressively “evicted” from the operations(Munn, 2022). The purpose of this article is to provide a normative critique on how today’s artificial intelligence has been stripped of its instrumental value and has become a potential threat to further alienate labor. This article will examine the significance of AI from a sociological standpoint, diverging from an economic focus, and aims to utilize pertinent literature to thoroughly investigate the effects of intelligent technology on public psychological alienation, self-perception, social discrimination, and autonomous decision-making.