I don't think AGI will be "designed" either -- that's the entire point of the abstraction layers. Each recursive layer of AI between the human and the "final" A

I don't think AGI will be "designed" either -- that's the entire point of the abstraction layers. Each recursive layer of AI between the human and the "final" AGI will remove more and more of the "designed" element in favor of an optimized, idealized, naturally evolved architecture.