Kardashev index
0.729
Based on primary energy power · Type I = 1
AccelerationFour-dimensional view4 years ago
2023-03-14
Multimodal Large Models
GPT-4 demonstrates image understanding as language models begin to connect text and vision, and models such as Gemini push multimodal capabilities further.
Art style · Contemporary realistic technology illustration
Origin of Life on EarthDinosaurs and MammalsAI Agents
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Civilization metrics
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8.11Bpeople
Comparable to today
2×10¹³W
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5.7×10¹⁰floating-point operations per second per dollar (FLOP/s per $, nominal dollars)
1/1 of today
0.03 seconds
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39,897km/h
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With the Mengtian module repositioned, China's space station completes its basic T-shaped configuration in orbit. Source
OpenAI releases a conversational language model, bringing large language models to the public. Source
The US National Ignition Facility produces more fusion energy than the laser energy delivered, for the first time. Source
Meta releases LLaMA to researchers, sparking the open-weight model ecosystem. Source
A multimodal model with a leap in capability, priced at launch at $30 per million input tokens. Source
Anthropic releases Claude, initially with limited access for partners. Source
The largest rocket ever built launches as a full stack for the first time. Source
OpenAI introduces structured function calling, letting developers connect models to lookups, calculations and other software tools. Source
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