Of course we could pump the brakes on pushing AI forward solely out of greed, facing the hard questions about ourselves and our society. But then we might not be as rich, or be able to buy as much stuff (in the decades before the AIs control all the stuff)!
So yeah, let's be rational about this: Irresponsibly push AI forward until it takes over Earth, while betting on being one of the few hidden humans surrounded by gold bars and canned vegetables in our bunkers, narrowly saved by clever propaganda sprinkled on the internet years earlier.