why does the author presume that governments (or at least the interested bodies within them) aren't fully appraised of the status and utility of each of these p

why does the author presume that governments (or at least the interested bodies within them) aren't fully appraised of the status and utility of each of these projects? i don't think anybody's close to "agi", and anyways it's far more profitable/effective to just use more specific tools to accelerate the structures and processes that already exist. if anyone was "close" i don't think they would be very public about it, but i would expect intelligence agencies to be aware. in that case, if some particular project was perceived as an existential danger, you could expect them to act appropriately. everything the author seems to fear is not coming out of "agi" but instead much more mundane tools that are already proliferate. i think we're going to see the benefits and destruction from the technology we already have surpass anything any of us can predict before anything like "agi" nears completion.