Very well spoken, and the points you bring up are super valid!
I too believe in the things you say but on a more optimistic perspective! By investing in these new technologues, tech security research would also take a massive boost. In fact, new security measures involve AI, like I spoke in my machine learning article!
Technological progress needs to be well disciplined, and controlled, but never stiffled. There comes a point, when we're deep enough into the rabbit hole, when the only way to get out is to go forward.