Your false dichotomy ignores, "people will eventually set off nukes, but can write a program that helps them reason better, which helps write a better reasoning

Your false dichotomy ignores, "people will eventually set off nukes, but can write a program that helps them reason better, which helps write a better reasoning program, which helps build a thinking program, which helps build AI that is smarter than most people, which builds an AI smarter than itself, all the while refining our innate human belief and value systems into clearly codified rules which the AI is kind enough to abide by."