[nix0n]

> the person / team who would go on to actually crack brain-like AI would be remembered closer to Hitler than to Einstein

I completely agree. I think that the people who are funding AI research are essentially attempting to create slaves. The engineers actually doing the work have either not thought it through or don't care.

> Assuming it comes with consciousness, which I think is fair to presume, brain-like AI seems to me like a technology that shouldn't be made.

"Fair to presume" is a good way to put it. I'm not convinced that being "like a brain" is either necessary or sufficient for consciousness, but it's necessary to presume it will, because consciousness is not understood well enough for the risk to be eliminated.