TBH. I don't think we actually need AGI. It's not a win-win.. It's a civilization-altering double-edged sword with unclear consequences. I'm quite satisfied wi

TBH. I don't think we actually need AGI. It's not a win-win.. It's a civilization-altering double-edged sword with unclear consequences. I'm quite satisfied with current LLM capabilities. Their lack of agency is actually a feature, not a bug. An AGI would likely end up implementing some kind of global political agenda. IMO, the need to control things and move things in a specific, unified direction is a problem, not a solution. With full agency, an AI would likely just take over the world and run it in ways which don't benefit anyone. Agency manifests as thirst for power. Agency is man's inability to sit quietly in a room, by himself. This is a double-edged sword which becomes increasingly harmful once you run out of problems to solve... Then agency demands that new problems be invented. Agency is not the same as consciousness or awareness. Too much agency can be dangerous. We can't automate the meaning of life. Technology should facilitate us in pursuing what we individually decide to be meaningful. The individual must be given the freedom to decide their own purpose. If most individuals want to be used to fulfill some greater purpose (I.e. someone else's goals), so be it, but that should not be the compulsory plan for everyone.