I don’t think most of the startups are trying to create anything resembling AGI. However, on that subject I would still throw out a counter argument. AGI might

I don’t think most of the startups are trying to create anything resembling AGI. However, on that subject I would still throw out a counter argument. AGI might not be a matter of “throwing infinite money at the problem”. It might be that the building blocks already exist but need to be arranged in the right combination under the right circumstances to create autonomous agents.