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now is 'AGI is just around the corner' an example of techno-optimism or techno-pessimism?

Both, and it will positively cause humanity's extinction.

not sure about that. i suspect that AGI might be a tool to help one of the bigcorps to grab power. Until now the state and the bigcorps were keeping each other in check, there was a kind of 'balance of power'. Now they might get a tool to upset this balance of power.

Whoever gets AGI first might turn into Buy-N-Large or ACME Corp, whatever... (i suspect it's all about the big price - ultimate power) - it's kind of the 'ring to rule them all' - if AGI is achievable within a realistic time frame...

* now let's see if that's the dystopian future that we are really after :-) *

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