You're right that shareholder mindset cannot fix this problem, but that's what policy and agreements are for. And leaders can be convinced that AI is a direct risk to their own citizens too. If everyone else agrees to stop, you have less reason to continue when this action is putting yourself at risk.

And note how your argument can also be used against any non-prolifreration agreements, which are demonstrably possible.

I agree, I would say the difference here is economies weren’t heavily resting on nuclear armament, but maybe that’s the wrong take.