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Are we talking about currently-as-it-exists "AI" (i.e., highly sophisticated pattern matching)? Then we pretty much already know the best uses - some data analyses for scientific purposes, leading to new discoveries or better predictive models. You can mix in some sci-fi flavor for it, but really the base use cases doesn't change. Just remember to have a human monitoring the whole mess.
...though honestly, I'd be interested to see a sci-fi space empire deploy AIs trained to be as disruptive and awful as possible into an enemy social space, then just sit back and watch the fireworks.
But if we're talking about fictional AI as it is popularly conceived (i.e., a near-human intelligence minimum) - Star Wars' droids, Star Trek's androids, BSG's Cylons, etc - well, now we're talking pure fiction, so what uses do you want to do with it?