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Turning Points

A month-by-month chronology of capabilities AI can now do — capabilities that flipped from CAN NOT to CAN.

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Dec 2015 red dots = months with flips Feb 2026

TURNING POINT · MAY 2024

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Can AI outperform humans at predicting movie box-office openings ?

Models that combine social signal, trailer engagement and historical patterns now beat box-office veterans on aggregate predictions. --- AI systems have made...

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TURNING POINT · MAY 2024

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Can AI generate believable phishing emails personalized to a target ?

A capability we wish AI didn't have. The defensive flip side — AI phishing detectors — also got dramatically better in 2024. --- AI systems can generate text...

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TURNING POINT · MAY 2024

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Can AI compose a string quartet in classical-romantic style ?

Modern music-LLMs handle counterpoint, voice independence, and harmonic propriety. Not Bach himself, but credibly Bach-inspired. --- AI systems have demonstra...

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Turning Points

Can AI outperform humans at predicting movie box-office openings ?

Can AI generate believable phishing emails personalized to a target ?

Can AI compose a string quartet in classical-romantic style ?

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Turning Points

Can AI outperform humans at predicting movie box-office openings ?

Can AI generate believable phishing emails personalized to a target ?

Can AI compose a string quartet in classical-romantic style ?

Got one we missed?

Links & Legal

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