A slow takeoff will result in incredibly suboptimal outcomes. 

I think increasingly, it’s looking like democratic country politicians will not respond to automation in a remotely intelligent way.

 I see democrat politicians and some republicans too call for full bans on self driving trucks. Meanwhile authoritarian countries like China and Russia are testing these trucks. The U.S. still holds a technological edge but for how long? A slow takeoff will probably lead to democratic countries strangled by rent seekers and other similar parasites.

I feel like this is quite underrated. A lot of solutions to a fast takeoff in my estimate would be hijacked by rent seekers to create a horrible world in a slow takeoff.