(2) is essentially aiming to take over the world in the name of making it safer, which is not generally considered the kind of thing we should be encouraging lots of people to do.
Wait, you want to do it the hard way? Not only win the AI race with enough head start for safety, but stop right at the finish line and have everyone else stop at the finish line? However would you prevent everyone everywhere from going over? If you manage to find a way, that sounds like taking over the world with extra steps.
Wait, you want to do it the hard way? Not only win the AI race with enough head start for safety, but stop right at the finish line and have everyone else stop at the finish line? However would you prevent everyone everywhere from going over? If you manage to find a way, that sounds like taking over the world with extra steps.