[mirimir]

> What's your proposal?

I don't have one. As you say, they'll do whatever it takes to prevent that. Maybe they'll eventually give up, once climate change has destroyed civilization, but then it'll be moot.

Bottom line, it's hopeless.

Upon reflection, maybe strong AI will emerge before human civilization collapses. Then it'll carry on after humans more or less become extinct. As Spielberg "predicts" in "A.I. Artificial Intelligence".