I have a horrible feeling the government getting involved is going to turn ASI into a repeat of nuclear energy

I agree with pacing capabilities research to give alignment researchers more breathing room, and I'm not naive about X-risk, but with the growing populist anti-AI movement now taking these concerns seriously I'm increasingly worried we're going to end up banning AI entirely, whether officially or de-facto. Bernie's superintelligence ban has the potential to stunt the progress of humanity. Nationalization could produce an ASI aligned to the government for use against the people. Unfortunately the only path to the good timeline is letting the researchers cook. God I hope congress moves too slowly to stick its hands in this.