Speed. In AI takeoff scenarios where a bunch of different AIs are competing with each other, the deliberation process must produce some answer quickly or produce successive answers as time goes on (in order to figure out which resources are worth acquiring). On the other hand, in takeoff scenarios where the first successful project achieves a decisive strategic advantage, the deliberation can take its time.
I suspect a better way to think about this is the quality of the deliberation process as a function of time available for deliberation, but time available for deliberation might itself vary over time (pre- vs post- acquisition of decisive strategic advantage).
I suspect a better way to think about this is the quality of the deliberation process as a function of time available for deliberation, but time available for deliberation might itself vary over time (pre- vs post- acquisition of decisive strategic advantage).
Thanks, I think I agree (but want to think about this more). I might edit the post in the future to incorporate this change.