Kardashev index
0.730
Based on primary energy power · Type I = 1
AccelerationFour-dimensional view3 years ago
2024-02-15
Generative Video
Sora shows progress in text-to-video generation as generated content moves from still frames to continuous shots; demo capabilities still fall short of practical usability.
Art style · Contemporary realistic technology illustration
Origin of Life on EarthDinosaurs and MammalsAI Agents
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Civilization metrics
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8.17Bpeople
Comparable to today
2×10¹³W
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6.7×10¹⁰floating-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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Marc Andreessen publishes a manifesto calling for technology and markets to accelerate progress. Source
The UK approves the CRISPR therapy Casgevy for sickle cell disease and thalassemia. Source
Google launches Gemini, a natively multimodal large model. Source
Neuralink announces its first participant has received a wireless brain-computer interface implant, later showing cursor control by thought; other BCIs had already been studied in humans. Source
OpenAI previews a text-to-video model that generates minute-long HD video. Source
Claude 3 Opus matches GPT-4; for the first time several labs share the frontier. Source
Natively handles voice, images and text, at half the API price of GPT-4 Turbo. Source
Humanity's first samples returned from the far side of the Moon. Source
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Scenes across eras
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