I think “pivotal act” is being used to mean both “gain affirmative control over the world forever” and “prevent any other AGI from gaining affirmative control of the world for the foreseeable future”. The latter might be much easier than the former though.
I think “pivotal act” is being used to mean both “gain affirmative control over the world forever” and “prevent any other AGI from gaining affirmative control of the world for the foreseeable future”. The latter might be much easier than the former though.