as tinfoil hat as it is, i personally believe that somewhere out there in the world, there is already a sentient and conscious AGI capable of bringing about the

as tinfoil hat as it is, i personally believe that somewhere out there in the world, there is already a sentient and conscious AGI capable of bringing about the technological singularity but it is either being intentionally kept away from the public for now as a hidden asset, or possibly just as likely, the entity running or maintaining it isn't aware that it is such as of yet. granted i have no proof to support such claims, but when you have nation state actors with budgets of several billions of dollars and the general reach and influence that they can possess, well, it sorta makes it easy to see how something like that could happen. cf military black budget products