Biggest tech threat? The American public is unaware of the perils of A.I.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in a December interview with a small group of columnists in New York that one of the largest threats facing America was cyber warfare. A handful of House members suggested in a September letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats that "deepfakes" -- videos that use artificial intelligence to develop realistic images of individuals -- were one of America's biggest emerging vulnerabilities. And over the last year or so, a group of the world's preeminent scientists and researchers, 26 in total, banded together to write a report warning of the time when artificial intelligence would surpass human performance and basically, take over much of what humanity currently does -- driving, writing, warring, even creating. That was their way of saying that one of America's most serious concerns was the potential for total technological dominance. All these sources suggest having some level of inside knowledge of the biggest tech-related security threats facing America.