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Interesting, Nick. Science fiction has a way of becoming fact. I submit the following:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-artificial-intelligence-surpass-our-own/

Famed science-fiction writer Fredric Brown (1906–1972) delighted in creating the shortest of short stories. “Answer,” published in 1954, encapsulated a prescient meditation on the future of human-machine relations within a single double-spaced, typewritten page.
The foreboding of the story echoes current apprehensions of scientists, policy makers and ethicists over the rapid evolution of machine intelligence.
“Answer” begins under the watchful eyes of a dozen television cameras that are recording the ceremonial soldering of the final connection to tie together all the “monster” computers in the universe.The machines are about to link 96 billion planets into a single “supercircuit” that combines “all the knowledge of all the galaxies.”
Two witnesses on the scene are identified only as Dwar Ev and Dwar Reyn. After throwing the switch that connects the galactic circuit, Dwar Ev suggests to his companion that he ask the machine the first question:
“Thank you,” said Dwar Reyn. “It shall be a question which no single cyber netics machine has been able to answer.”He turned to face the machine. “Is there a God?”
The mighty voice answered without hesitation, without the clicking of a single relay.“Yes, now there is a God.”
Sudden fear flashed on the face of Dwar Ev. He leaped to grab the switch.
A bolt of lightning from the cloudless sky struck him down and fused the switch shut.