My dream for AGI utopia

With all the talk about AGI, one thing I don’t see discussed is self-sufficiency as a option. GDP rules modern economic theory, but at a fundamental level AGI undercuts the need for human specialization. And this brings me to my proposed definition for AGI.

An Artificial General Intelligence is a system whose marginal cost of acquiring any economically valuable specialization falls below the opportunity cost of a human learning the same skill, thereby removing biological specialization as a binding constraint on productivity.

So here’s my prediction for AGI utopia. If we have AGI and robotics, do we need large markets? Will people start to de-urbanize and move to rural areas? Might we see an Agricultural Revolution 2.0 powered by AGI and humanoid robots? Here’s a scenario I asked ChatGPT to imagine.

2035 “Automated Homestead” scenario

Footprint: 2–3 shipping‑container modules (hydroponics, workshop, battery room) plus a solar canopy.

1. Seed‑to‑salad loop

• Freight‑style container grows greens, basil, strawberries.
• AGI tunes climate via computer‑vision feedback, schedules staggered germination to flatten harvest peaks.
• Nutrient solution is regenerated on‑site with precise ion sensors; bulk minerals delivered quarterly.

2. Protein & staple loop

• Black‑soldier‑fly bioreactor converts kitchen scraps into feed for backyard chickens or fish tanks.
• Automated mushroom room handles high‑protein Oyster and Lion’s Mane cycles.
• Aquaponic system for fresh fish stocks and nutrients for gardening
• A neighborhood grain co‑op runs a shared field robot for wheat and pulses.

3. Kitchen loop

• Robotic cook plates lunch; hands vegetable peeler to kids at 5 p.m. for “human touch” dinner practice.

4. Fab & repair loop

• Desktop CNC mills brackets; 3‑D printer knocks out replacement gaskets.
• AGI cross‑references failure logs worldwide, prints part before it breaks (predictive maintenance).

5. Social loop

• Six nearby homesteads share a “village square” makerspace, weekly pot‑luck, and child‑care co‑op the bots can’t replace.

What do you think? If you could move to an automated homestead, would your life lose all meaning, or would you find some other way besides your job to feel special?