And suddenly I realize that AI is going to be approached with the same fervour as nuclear weapons, the only difference is that you don't need to be able to mine

And suddenly I realize that AI is going to be approached with the same fervour as nuclear weapons, the only difference is that you don't need to be able to mine uranium and blow stuff up. No amount of ethical hand-wringing is going to prevent this (for better or (probably) for worse).