I'm saying even if you do buy any of the three common definitions of "Singularity" (http://yudkowsky.net/singularity/schools http://yudkowsky.net/singularity/sc

I'm saying even if you do buy any of the three common definitions of "Singularity" (http://yudkowsky.net/singularity/schools http://yudkowsky.net/singularity/schools) then you still don't go into AGI unless you're willing to embark on the equivalent of a 30-year startup. How many successful Internet entrepreneurs do you know? Okay, now how many successful AGI projects do you know? That tells you something about the relative difficulty here. Basic research in the midst of scientific chaos is HARD.