This is Scientific American, a general-interest publication, not AGI Risks Weekly. In other words, most of the people reading this article will have never come

This is Scientific American, a general-interest publication, not AGI Risks Weekly. In other words, most of the people reading this article will have never come across these ideas, let alone considering the questions "obvious". I'd be overjoyed if scientific american was discussing transhumanism, the singularity and AGI risks on a regular basis, and I'd be happy to be proven wrong - but I don't think that's the case.