From now to the singularity

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2023-2025na 2045, onbekend·Fiction & Speculative
by jankees
World history
2023-2025~Approximate date

Breakthrough of generative AI assistants

Large language models become ubiquitous in work, education and creative professions.

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Technology · Worldwide
rond 2027~Approximate date

AI agents take over complex tasks

Autonomous AI agents perform multi-step tasks without continuous human guidance.

Future
rond 2030~Approximate date

Breakthrough in AI science: self-learning research systems

AI systems conduct scientific research independently and publish discoveries.

Future
rond 2032~Approximate date

Rise of artificial general intelligence (AGI)

The first AI systems achieve human-like, general cognitive abilities in virtually every domain.

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rond 2035~Approximate date

AI systems improve their own architecture

AGI systems begin actively contributing to the design of their successors.

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rond 2037~Approximate date

Global regulation and AI safety treaties

Countries sign international treaties to control the development of superintelligent AI.

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rond 2040~Approximate date

Emergence of the first superintelligent systems

AI surpasses the combined cognitive capacities of all of humanity in nearly every field.

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rond 2045~Approximate date

The singularity: unpredictable transformation of humanity

Superintelligence fundamentally restructures the economy, science, and human existence.

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na 2045, onbekend?Date unknown

post-singularity society

Humanity and superintelligent AIs coexist in a fundamentally new form of civilization.

Meanwhile…

AI agents take over complex tasks

rond 2027~Approximate date

Instead of simple question-and-answer systems, AI agents emerge that independently make plans, conduct research, write code and manage projects. Companies deploy digital employees alongside human teams. This leads to a wave of automation in knowledge work and the first major societal debates about massive redistribution of labor.

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