Takeoff speed could be measured by e.g. the time between the first mass casualty incident that kills thousands of people vs the first mass casualty incident that kills hundreds of millions.
COVID-19 killed, idk, tens of millions worldwide rather than hundreds of millions.
But consider that an example of a (biological) virus takeoff of the order of months.
So the question for AGI takeoff .. death rate growing more rapidly than COVID19 pandemic, or slower?
Takeoff speed could be measured by e.g. the time between the first mass casualty incident that kills thousands of people vs the first mass casualty incident that kills hundreds of millions.
COVID-19 killed, idk, tens of millions worldwide rather than hundreds of millions.
But consider that an example of a (biological) virus takeoff of the order of months.
So the question for AGI takeoff .. death rate growing more rapidly than COVID19 pandemic, or slower?