>> Fundamentally, we have no evidence of anything that will happen in the future.

Yeah, by this line of thought Jesus will descend from Heaven and save us all.

By the same line of fantasy, "give us billions to bring AGI", why not "gimme a billion to bring Jesus. I'll pray really hard, I promise!"

It's all become a disgusting scam, effectively just religious. Believe in AGI that's all there is to it. In practice it's just as (un) likely as scientists spontaneously creating life out of primordial soup concoctions.