alt Hacker NewsSuper intelligence is either super cool or super powerful, no way not building if it is a choice. Progress cannot be stopped, those responsible for it may collapse from time to time I guess but someone else will pick it up and go further.
IMHO There's no future where we don't have real human-type artificial intelligence or super intelligence. It will happen simply because it already exist but the production requires humans having sex and looking after the product for decades.
Instead of trying to prevent it, lets look for ways to deal with the dangers of it.
Asbestos was once considered great progress in thermal insulation.
Of course the development of certain technologies can be severely restricted if they turn out to be problematic.It's not unlikely that it will happen for AI. Public opinion is shifting fast on the topic.
Also, banning superintelligence won't stop scientific progress in general.