i feel that all big breakthroughs experience massive setbacks as soon as a critical number of people competent enough to get involved with it understand the risks and choose to refuse.
the atomic bomb. space travel. artificial intelligence. every time there is an untold story of geniuses who simply do not engage, because they see the greater picture. *these* are the real aliens who refuse to gift their potential technology, because the douchebaggy so-called "elite" of humanity isn't ready.