Well this is far from clear. There are not that many people working on AGI, Fusion has always been vastly underfunded from what they estimated it would take (ht

Well this is far from clear. There are not that many people working on AGI, Fusion has always been vastly underfunded from what they estimated it would take (http://i.imgur.com/sjH5r.jpg http://i.imgur.com/sjH5r.jpg), and life extension research is pathetically underfunded as well. Spinoff technologies are great, but I bet that any scientific or engineering venture you throw money at will also produce spin off technologies. E.g. AI research makes it's way to hundreds of different industries. Personally think it's more wise to spread money over many different fields and projects rather than giant mega projects.