Politics seem to be incapable of stopping technological progress... at most it slows it down a little, in some parts of the world, while other parts race ahead.

Politics seem to be incapable of stopping technological progress... at most it slows it down a little, in some parts of the world, while other parts race ahead. As more parts of the world improve technologically, economically, and in terms of education, technological progress becomes even harder to stop. Mix in the virtually limitless promise of riches and power that strong AI brings, there's just no way any government anywhere will be capable of preventing strong AI research from racing on. In fact, every government will see it to be in their own interest to get there first. Same with every billionaire. There's just no stopping the race to develop a wish-granting machine.