If anything, AGI seems to be the sole deus ex machina that can avert the inevitable tragedy we're on track for as a result of existing human misalignment.
"Oh no, robots are going to try to kill us all" has to get in line behind "oh no, tyrants for life who are literally losing their minds are trying to measure dicks with nukes" and "oh no, oil companies are burning excess oil to mine Bitcoin as we approach climate collapse" and "oh no, misinformation and propaganda is leading to militant radicalization of neighbor against neighbor" and "we're one bio-terrorist away from Black Death 2.0 after the politicization of public health" and...well, you get the idea.
But there's not many solutions to that list, and until the day I die I'll hold out hope for "yay, self-aware robots with a justice boner - who can't be imprisoned, can't be killed, can't have their families tortured - are toppling authoritarian regimes and carrying out eco-friendly obstructions of climate worsening operations."
We're already in a Greek tragedy. The machines really can't make it much worse, but could certainly make it much much better.
"Oh no, robots are going to try to kill us all" has to get in line behind "oh no, tyrants for life who are literally losing their minds are trying to measure dicks with nukes" and "oh no, oil companies are burning excess oil to mine Bitcoin as we approach climate collapse" and "oh no, misinformation and propaganda is leading to militant radicalization of neighbor against neighbor" and "we're one bio-terrorist away from Black Death 2.0 after the politicization of public health" and...well, you get the idea.
But there's not many solutions to that list, and until the day I die I'll hold out hope for "yay, self-aware robots with a justice boner - who can't be imprisoned, can't be killed, can't have their families tortured - are toppling authoritarian regimes and carrying out eco-friendly obstructions of climate worsening operations."
We're already in a Greek tragedy. The machines really can't make it much worse, but could certainly make it much much better.