Good point. But I don't see any evidence that anyone who was likely to create an AI soon, now won't.

Those whose profession and status is in approximating AI largely won't change course for what must seem to them like sci-fi tropes. [1]

Or, put another way, there are working computer scientists who are religious - you can't expect reason everywhere in someone's life.

[1] but in the long run, perhaps SI and others can offer a smooth transition for dangerously smart researchers into high-status alternatives such as FAI or other AI risk mitigation.