Hypothetically, would you rather have:

1. AI is not delayed, but the strongest AI, 10 years ahead of everyone else, is in the hands of a single very powerful multinational inter-governmental agency
2. All AI delayed by 10 years

1. I have this weird notion that we should rip the bandage off quickly. I'm more concerned about a narrow form of AI in the hands of an idiot than a general recursive AI that reaches escape velocity. Reason being is that I believe a God-like AI would be comparison make *us* look robotic and uncaring.