EDITED TO ADD: None of this changes the substance of your article, but just to pick a few nits:
“Foom” refers to a scenario in which we reach superintelligence rapidly enough to take humanity by surprise. That isn’t certain—it’s imaginable that we could have, say, several years of moderately superhuman intelligence.
Also, while these may be the long term realistic outcomes, in the short term another possible outcome is global catastrophe short of extinction, which would slow things down some.
EDITED TO ADD: None of this changes the substance of your article, but just to pick a few nits:
“Foom” refers to a scenario in which we reach superintelligence rapidly enough to take humanity by surprise. That isn’t certain—it’s imaginable that we could have, say, several years of moderately superhuman intelligence.
Also, while these may be the long term realistic outcomes, in the short term another possible outcome is global catastrophe short of extinction, which would slow things down some.
I don’t think any of that changes the substance of my argument.
Sorry, should have been clearer that I was just nitpicking. Will edit.