You can't read headlines or turn on the news without hearing about how machines with vast computing power, access to billions of books and documents, the ability to teach themselves and blinding processing speeds are now poised to take over the world.

Last night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson even had an in-depth conversation about AI with Elon Musk. Musk didn't have an optimistic take.

I've been studying AI and its potential for years.

I recently spent a couple of days visiting with the world's third-fastest non-government supercomputer as part of a project to apply generalized superintelligence and AI to national security tasks.