AGI is coming, probably within a few years. The responsible path is to build and release it iteratively so society can adapt and co-evolve with it, while working hard on alignment. Handled well, it ushers in an age of abundance that dramatically raises living standards.
Gradual, public deployment beats a secret hard takeoff: real-world feedback surfaces problems early and lets institutions adjust. The benefits — abundant intelligence, cured disease, cheaper everything — are too large to forgo if we can manage the risks.
Evidence that gradual deployment actually makes catastrophic outcomes more likely than careful confinement would.