The actions of a malicious AI cannot be simulated, because this would require an inferior intellect predicting a superior intellect. It's P versus NP. The poin

The actions of a malicious AI cannot be simulated, because this would require an inferior intellect predicting a superior intellect. It's P versus NP. The point to make is that it is trivial to imagine an AI wielding power even within the confines of human-defined intellect. For example, depictions of AI in fiction typically present as a really smart human that can solve tasks instantly. Obviously, this is still within the realm of failing to predict a fundamentally superior intellect, but it still presents the terrifying scenario that simply doing exceptional human-level tasks very quickly is existentially unsettling. Mere leverage has sufficient explanatory power to explain the efficacy of an intelligent artificial agent, let alone getting into speculation about network security, hacking, etc.