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Difficulty isn't a point against saving the world and helping the suffering as goals. The utility function is not up for grabs, and if you have those goals but don't see a way of accomplishing them you should invest in discovering a way, like SIAI is trying to do.
Also, if you think you might have big goals, but don't know what they might be, it makes sense to seek convergent subgoals of big goals, like saving the world or extending your life.
There are plenty of different aims that have been proposed. E.g. compare:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Singer
...with...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pearce_(philosopher)
It appears not to be true that everyone is aiming towards the same future.