I think the current maluse of AI is about as likely to produce AGI as finger painting of a toddler is to produce a Mona Lisa, and the whole AGI drama is overblown way out of proportion. Right now the state of the field is such that no one can even begin to contemplate how to create the very basic underpinnings of anything remotely resembling AGI. That’s how fundamental this problem still is.

That’s not to say that there’s no way the humanity can be fucked with the more pedestrian “garden variety” AI that is with our technical capabilities.

It’s to say that AGI is a nebulous, unobtainable red herring which only serves to detract from the more immediate issues.

> I think the current maluse of AI is about as likely to produce AGI as finger painting of a toddler is to produce a Mona Lisa

YES FELLOW HUMAN AN APT METAPHOR

There are no realistic prospects of building AGI with modern understanding and equipment. We'll probably need many generations and a paradigm shift (or two) in computer science before we can build machines that can run intelligence like a program, let alone being able to write that program.

Hence my comment about how you might as well worry about time travel and teleportation. They're just as likely to happen in any timeframe that you might be interested in. If you're going to be worried about how AGI might be misused, you can start worrying about how time machines or teleporters might be misused.

>> If I have other shit in my head that I'm worried about today who do I tell?

You could look at joining the Campaing Against Killer Robots, or look around for a similar group.