Yes, but suppose the government of China decides to
download an open source AGI and install it on one or
more of their Top 500 supercomputer facilities?
Suppose the government of China decide to get hold of CAD, simulation software etc and install it on their computers and use it for designing bombs and missiles? Well then they can do that, and indeed doubtless they have. Same answer.
How do we regulate the use of computers for nefarious deeds today? Well mostly we don't, and when we try (e.g. the American government with cryptography), it doesn't work and the attempt does far more harm than good. What we do, by and large, is not bother - instead, we just outlaw the nefarious deeds themselves, regardless of the tools that were used. I think this will remain true in the future (or if it doesn't, we'll be in big trouble).
That having been said, if you're serious about preventing the abuse of your software, I think the only answer is, don't distribute it. Follow the path of Novamente and indeed Google themselves (albeit for different reasons) and keep the software on your own machines and sell the services it provides.
That might be a better route with regard to resources. It's not clear to me whether an open source AGI project relying on donated manpower and computing power could obtain enough of those. Then again, maybe it could; I don't really know either way.
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