Strategic considerations about different speeds of AI takeoff

Abstract

Different speeds of artificial intelligence (AI) takeoff, particularly a timeline of decades instead of centuries, can have significant strategic implications that demand urgent attention. This abstract discusses a number of strategic ramifications, including, first, the differences between ‘Soft’ and ‘Hard’ takeoff situations. Second, the conduct of the last humans relative to the capabilities of future generations. Third, tradeoffs in allocating resources to reproductive versus speculative technologies. – AI-generated abstract.