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Superintelligence, explained.

Plain-English guides to where AI is heading, and a live explorer showing exactly how fast it’s getting better.

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Six short guides. Read in order, or dip in.

  1. What is superintelligence?

    What people mean by the word, and why it’s taken seriously.

    Guide 1, 5 min read

  2. AI, AGI and ASI: the difference

    Three terms that get mixed up constantly, sorted in one page.

    Guide 2, 5 min read

  3. How AI progress is measured

    Benchmarks, what they test, and why they stop being useful.

    Guide 3, 5 min read

  4. Scaling, simply

    Why more compute and data kept making models better.

    Guide 4, 5 min read

  5. Alignment: keeping AI on our side

    The problem of getting powerful systems to do what we intend.

    Guide 5, 5 min read

  6. Fast or slow takeoff?

    The debate over how quickly AGI could become superintelligence.

    Guide 6, 5 min read

The tests, in one line each

Five benchmarks cover most of what matters. Tap any to see its full history.

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