Read the first two chapters (part I). Skim the introductory paragraphs and summary section and read the bibliography section of each chapter in parts II - VII. Read chapters 26 and 27 (part VIII).
Yes, I realize that's basically the introductory, high level summary, and epilogue materials. AIMA is a technical book on AI. If you're not an AI person then I'm not sure what the point would be in reading it...
AI: A Modern Approach is by far the dominant textbook in the field. It is used in 1200 universities, and is the 25th most-cited publication in computer science. If you're going to learn AI, this is how you learn it.
Luckily, the concepts of AGI and Friendly AI get pretty good treatment in the 3rd edition, released in 2009.
The Singularity is mentioned in the first chapter on page 12. Both AGI and Friendly AI are also mentioned in the first chapter, on page 27:
Chapter 26 is about the philosophy AI, and section 26.3 is "The Ethics and Risks of Developing Artificial Intelligence." They are:
Each of those sections is one or two paragraphs long. The final risk of AI takes up 3.5 pages: (6) The Success of AI might mean the end of the human race. Here's a snippet:
Then they mention Moravec, Kurzweil, and transhumanism, before returning to a more concerned tone about AI. They cover Asimov's three laws of robotics, and then:
It's good this work is getting such mainstream coverage!