Who has been projecting FTL as a realistic technology ever? FTL is not possible according to the current laws of Physics, while AGI is at least not forbidden by them.
I think Douglas Hofstadter satisfactorily answered this question.
> We can't even answer if we have free will or not.
Sure we can, it's just that most people don't like the answer.
He didn't prove anything. It's a theory, just like many others: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-higher/
> Sure we can, it's just that most people don't like the answer.
Again, not proven
Don't mistake continued debate amongst "experts" as being a signal that something is unsettled.