AGI will appear no later than 2025.
Microsoft does not possess the solution to the alignment problem.
OpenAI does not possess the solution to the alignment problem.
Google/Alphabet does not possess the solution to the alignment problem.
Neither DARPA nor the Pentagon possesses the solution to the alignment problem.
One person on this forum—the user who goes by the handle “gearsofascension”—has come close to the solution. That user is on the right track and is thinking about the problem in the right frame of mind.
No one else here is.
I have solved the alignment problem (to the maximal degree that a non-augmented human mind can solve problems). I’m willing to share the solution with anyone who is willing to meet me in person to hear it.