Your skepticism rests on the assumptions that a) we would recognise AGI when we create it, b) we would be smart enough to contain it. I'm not at all sure that

Your skepticism rests on the assumptions that a) we would recognise AGI when we create it, b) we would be smart enough to contain it. I'm not at all sure that a) is true, and I'm certain that b) is not true. We can't even prevent other dumb humans from breaching our technological fortresses.