Brilliant essay Stuart. They don't need, however, AGI to turn us all into serfs. But, its' pie in the sky might be a ploy to keep saying haza masser. Unfortunately FOOM is a real danger, as it bring its own built in Manhattan project. Note: https://medium.com/@daneke/it-is-a-thing-thing-openai-artificial-general-intelligence-and-the-emergence-of-alien-life-on-432877b548c3