Like I wrote before, slow takeoff might be actually worse than fast takeoff. This is because even if the first powerful AIs are aligned, their head start on unaligned AIs will not count as much, and alignment might (and probably will) require overhead that will give the unaligned AIs an advantage. Therefore, success would require that the institutions will either prevent or quickly shut down unaligned AIs for enough time that aligned AIs gain the necessary edge.
Like I wrote before, slow takeoff might be actually worse than fast takeoff. This is because even if the first powerful AIs are aligned, their head start on unaligned AIs will not count as much, and alignment might (and probably will) require overhead that will give the unaligned AIs an advantage. Therefore, success would require that the institutions will either prevent or quickly shut down unaligned AIs for enough time that aligned AIs gain the necessary edge.