I think it's a mistake to conflate consciousness with AGI and vice-versa. It's entirely possible that you can have AGI without anyone being "home" and conversely it's also possible that there is a subjective experience going in much simpler systems. We just don't know, and maybe we never can.
But regardless, I think it's easy to imagine that there could be a machine that is generally intelligent, or super-generally-intelligent. but doesn't experience.
But regardless, I think it's easy to imagine that there could be a machine that is generally intelligent, or super-generally-intelligent. but doesn't experience.