The most unrealistic part is the idea that governments haven’t already woken up to AI.

A former NSA chief and head of US cyber command [1] has been on the board of OpenAI for almost a year. The Chinese government has deemed AI critical to their goals [2] at least as far back as 2017.

1. https://apnews.com/article/openai-nsa-director-paul-nakasone-cyber-command-6ef612a3a0fcaef05480bbd1ebbd79b1

2. https://datagovhub.elliott.gwu.edu/china-ai-strategy/