Is it nihilistic to look at horses and realize they are only good for pulling carriages, plowing fields etc? You can’t really expect them to take care of more complicated tasks, now can you?

If the AGI ends up being as smart as depicted in movies, it’s going to look at us like we look at spiders and ladybugs. They are only good for certain things, but they have some pretty strict limits as to what they are capable of.