[raincole]

I feel you have a fairy-tale definition of AGI. AGI is not literally magic. It's not "genie in a bottle" in the literal sense.

> If you have access to AGI capable of enabling you to realistically build out your utopian vision, then it matters not what other groups are doing

It's genie. AGI is a computer program, and it doesn't create an alternative universe for your personal comfort. Or, more specifically, even that kind of AGI is possbile, there will be a weaker AGI before that. The AGI that is not strong enough to ignore physical constraints, but strong enough to fuck everyone up if under control of a malicious entity. And that is what AI safely about.