I think you're missing the point. People are saying that government should make sure AI is not weaponized against the people of the world. But lets face it, US and UK governments will likely be the first to weaponized against the people.
As DeepSeek is shown us progress is hard to hinder unless you go to war and kill the people....
Why stop here… not say easy access to clean water is destroying your health. Should walk two miles to the watering hole, carry it back, collect wood for fire and boil the water your self…
A lot of research NIH funds because there is low outcome of a market product at the end of that research. This is because investors won't spend the money or only fund research that has no money incentive in its outcome. The way I see is it is progress is about to stop because investors will only fund thing that can have a direct money outcome for them in the future...