Lets not argue "by definition", definitions do not change reality. Just because the future will be very different doesn't mean we can't make good predictions a

Lets not argue "by definition", definitions do not change reality. Just because the future will be very different doesn't mean we can't make good predictions about it (though the one you're referring to does seem like a bad prediction). For example we might predict that AGI will be interested in preserving itself and getting resources (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_convergence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_convergence).