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.