I don't know why the author seems to think that this analogy would be presented without further argument. It would be more like “Worrying about the rise of AGI

I don't know why the author seems to think that this analogy would be presented without further argument. It would be more like “Worrying about the rise of AGI is silly because AGI isn’t going to happen for a long time, and any effort put into solving it is wasted. Are you also worried about traffic on Mars?” Maybe they are just someone that was really bad at the "X is to Y as A is to B" type SAT questions