I agree with you that “slow takeoff” is often used, but I think “continuous” is self-evident enough and is enough of a better term that it seems pretty good to switch. This term has been used e.g. here.
I don’t think “continuous” is self-evident or consistently used to refer to “a longer gap from human-expert level AI to very superhuman AI”. For instance, in the very essay you link, Tom argues that “continuous” (and fairly predictable) doesn’t imply that this gap is long!
I don’t really think “slow takeoff” is being actively used in that way, at least I haven’t heard it in a while. I’ve mostly seen people switch to the much easier to understand “smooth” or “continuous” framing.
maybe if you had written that post 3 years ago, but I’m not looking to unilaterally switch from the language everyone else is already using.
I agree with you that “slow takeoff” is often used, but I think “continuous” is self-evident enough and is enough of a better term that it seems pretty good to switch. This term has been used e.g. here.
I don’t think “continuous” is self-evident or consistently used to refer to “a longer gap from human-expert level AI to very superhuman AI”. For instance, in the very essay you link, Tom argues that “continuous” (and fairly predictable) doesn’t imply that this gap is long!
I don’t really think “slow takeoff” is being actively used in that way, at least I haven’t heard it in a while. I’ve mostly seen people switch to the much easier to understand “smooth” or “continuous” framing.