Good point. Some specific narrow-domain superhuman skills, like persuasion, could also prevent in-flight regulation of slower scenarios. Another possible narrow domain would be one which enabled misuse on a scale that disrupted governments substantially, such as bioweapons.
“The others give humanity a chance to see what is happening and change the rules ‘in flight ’.”
This is possible in non-Foom scenarios, but not a given (e.g. super-human persuasion AIs).
Good point. Some specific narrow-domain superhuman skills, like persuasion, could also prevent in-flight regulation of slower scenarios. Another possible narrow domain would be one which enabled misuse on a scale that disrupted governments substantially, such as bioweapons.