Go all the way back to 1992 and read the fantastic novel "A Fire Upon The Deep" by Vernor Vinge. Among other ways to describe it, it's about a computer virus with literally godlike intelligence, that tries to take over the galaxy. When implementing security stuff, I always try to imagine that's what I'm up against.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep
Musical tribute by Ben Newman (lyrics and mp3):
https://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/01/bnewman/songs/lyric...
https://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/01/bnewman/songs/music...