If that's the standard, then it is worth noting that we are talking about companies that are trying to do something that literally (as far as can be proven today) can't be done (build an AGI).

Contacting millions of people is something many businesses on earth do.

If these companies are already engaged in trying do do something that quite literally can't be done (again, as far as can be proven today), it's not out of line to ask them to at least try to do something that many other companies actually do in practice (pay lots of people).

It's important to be very clear that this is something that could be done, but that the AI companies do not want to even try to do.