Yall should watch if you havent, "Person of Interest". I only have a few episodes left so dont spoil it please, but that show represents what some powerful AI could be capable of. If something like Sumeritan did exist under nefarious control. That would be quite bad. It could explain why people get into power and then back off certain things. You expect it to be some elite gang, but what if it was elite AI holding us hostage as a nation. Thats some scary stuff. If they thought about this back in 2011-16 than I imagine there is almost something like it, or will be like it soon. While I dont believe something like "The Machine" exist to its fullest extent, I can imagine it might soon. I dont fully believe it exists because for example, that United Healthcare CEO would have popped up, but in anycase. Some AI like that would be insane.