this actually does seem realistic, and it's one scenario where we get human-level agi but maybe it doesn't take off into asi right away

another thing i'm realizing while reading this is that at the initial stages agi can still be kind of shitty at some things. like maybe it's superb at working in virtual space but is kind of shitty in physical space but is just barely good enough to understand how it can leverage other agents (humans at the beginning) to help it in the spaces that it isn't good at, kind of like parents needing their kid's help with computer stuff