Maybe the situation isn't so bad.
We already have some institutions to (supposedly) take care of all this coming AI armageddon. Future of Humanity Institute and Nick Bostrom (Oxford). Future of Intelligence Centre (Cambridge). Even all those evil AI-building giant corporations come up with Partnership on AI.
Yes, there are some institutions working at it but there are some organisations working independently also. It is similar to Stem cell research, not everyone is likely to stick to the conventions.