AI is progressing rapidly:
- 2021 – GPT-3 announced
- 2023 – GPT-4 announced
- 2022 – Stable Diffusion announced
- 2022 – ChatGPT announced
- 2024 – Sora announced
- 2025 – 2025 – Genie 3 announced by Google Deepmind (world simulator)
Science breakthroughs:
- 2022 – Fusion Ignition was achieved
- 2023 –
First superconductor at room temperature, LK-99– sadly turned out to be a hoax - 2020 – RNA vaccine approved for COVID19 after decades in the making
- 2021 – Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
Space:
- 2021 – James Webb Space Telescope launched
- 2024 – First images from Euclid telescope
- 2020 – Mars Perseverance Rover launches
SpaceX progress with Reusable Rockets:
- 2018 – Falcon Heavy reusability
- 2024 – ~SpaceX successfully catching Starship’s returning booster rocket~ Youtube
Self Driving Cars:
- 2020 – A beta version of FSD was released in the United States for EAP testers
- 2024 – Waymo One approved in LA
VR and AR progress:
- 2023 – Apple announces Apple Vision Pro, pushing VR to new limits
- 2024 – Meta announces breakthrough AR glasses technology with Orion. (Although not for sale) – their iPhone moment?