I don&#x27;t know.  I mean, we don&#x27;t seem to even be close to actually beginning to colonize Mars, much less be close to the point of overpopulation.  I think Ng&#x27;s statement, formed in an analogy similar to yours, would be closer to<p>&quot;a freshman student who is putting off studying for his Senior final project until his Senior year&quot;.<p>The question Ng asked was something like &quot;is there any practical action we can take today, to address over-population on mars&quot; as an analogy to &quot;is there any practical step we can take today to address the danger of a super-AGI&quot;.  And honestly, I&#x27;m not convinced there <i>is</i> anything practical to do about super-AGI today.  Well, nothing besides pursuing the &quot;open AI&quot; strategy.<p>But I&#x27;m willing to be convinced otherwise if somebody has a good argument.