I'm totally with you on this, it's important to keep re-aligning with positive outcomes and reminding others that negativity and "being a realist" are not the same things.
I'm not the first to say that AGI would probably map, explore, and populate the galaxy with life long before we would ever be able to make it past proxima centauri on our own, but it has occurred to me that VR would be a wonderful way for the AGI to show humanity what other worlds are like if it was inclined to do so. I know that I would personally feel honored to have a front row seat to something like that.