The document outlines the three main steps needed to take over the world with artificial intelligence: 1) Perception - using techniques like Gaussian filters and pattern recognition to understand the state of the world. 2) Planning - deciding on a course of action using searches and Markov decision processes. 3) Control - executing the plan using controllers like PID and dealing with randomness. It provides examples of how these steps are implemented in applications like self-driving cars, robot helicopters, and optimizing data center resource utilization to reduce costs.