Look at it this way: AGI is going to happen eventually (unless civilisation collapses first), but democracy around the world seems to be in decline (for reason

Look at it this way: AGI is going to happen eventually (unless civilisation collapses first), but democracy around the world seems to be in decline (for reasons generally unrelated to AI). So humanity is in an interesting window of time where we have to develop AGI while democracy still exists, and use it to preserve and spread democracy, or it will forever remain the preserve of dictators, who will use it to maintain their power indefinitely. I hope that helps.