I am pretty sure that the “FOOM” term is an attempt to say something about the timescale of the growth of machine intelligence. So, I am sceptical about definitions which involve the concept of trickery. Surely rapid growth need not necessarily involve trickery. My FOOM sources don’t seem to mention trickery. Do you have any references relating to the point?
The bit about “trickery” was probably just referencing the weaknesses of AI boxing. You are correct that it’s not essential to the idea of hard takeoff.
I am pretty sure that the “FOOM” term is an attempt to say something about the timescale of the growth of machine intelligence. So, I am sceptical about definitions which involve the concept of trickery. Surely rapid growth need not necessarily involve trickery. My FOOM sources don’t seem to mention trickery. Do you have any references relating to the point?
The bit about “trickery” was probably just referencing the weaknesses of AI boxing. You are correct that it’s not essential to the idea of hard takeoff.