Re continuous takeoff, you could argue that human takeoff was continuous, or only mildly discontinuous, just very fast, and at any rate it could well be discontinuous relative to your OODA loop/the variables you tracked, so unfortunately I think the continuity of the takeoff is less relevant than people thought (it does matter for alignment, but not for governance of AI):
Re continuous takeoff, you could argue that human takeoff was continuous, or only mildly discontinuous, just very fast, and at any rate it could well be discontinuous relative to your OODA loop/the variables you tracked, so unfortunately I think the continuity of the takeoff is less relevant than people thought (it does matter for alignment, but not for governance of AI):
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cHJxSJ4jBmBRGtbaE/continuity-assumptions#DHvagFyKb9hiwJKRC
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cHJxSJ4jBmBRGtbaE/continuity-assumptions#tXKnoooh6h8Cj8Tpx
Agree that AI takeoff could likely be faster than our OODA loop.