Hanson’s post “Setting the Stage” (headed 18 November 2008, in the MIRI compilation of 2013) puts the chance that a single hand-coded system suddenly and without warning changes from nearly powerless to overwhelmingly powerful at less than 1%, and expects emulations to enter a competitive market over months or years.
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Setting the Stage → articulates → Takeoff will be gradual