OP said people. QEMU is not people.
We're talking about a decision that the people behind QEMU made that affects people, to which the consequences of made the discussion of merits "directly relevant".
If we're talking about something that neither involving QEMU nor the people behind it, where is the relevance? It's just a rant on AI at that point.
Who is going to "overtake" QEMU, what exactly does that mean, and what will it matter if they are?