As they well should have. Because they have more foresight than a pile of rocks.
They knew they had the beginnings of an incredibly capable technology at their hands, and they knew that intelligence is an extremely dangerous thing.
And so far? The capabilities of today's systems are already impressive, and keep improving. If you're thinking "what those systems are doing today isn't that bad", you shouldn't be. Concern yourself with the capabilities of a bleeding edge AI from year 2035.
They knew they had the beginnings of an incredibly capable technology at their hands, and they knew that intelligence is an extremely dangerous thing.
And so far? The capabilities of today's systems are already impressive, and keep improving. If you're thinking "what those systems are doing today isn't that bad", you shouldn't be. Concern yourself with the capabilities of a bleeding edge AI from year 2035.