i don't think anyone knows how this will play out - everyone is just anthropomorphizing, extrapolating etc... and i think it's nonsense - not because i don't believe that is the correct thing to do but because i believe this won't stop anyone from moving forward. This is what humans do, they move forward and cause others to move forward or lose out.

For sure, but as individual one can start educating themselves about the current capabilities and the trajectory. Do yourself a favor a read the METR analysis of the HuggingFace attack - you'll be surprised and terrified.