Scientific Discovery

Key Driver

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Future Goal

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

Future Vision

Golden Age of Science, numerous scientific breakthroughs

Key Proponent

Demis Hassabis

Energy Outlook

AI's energy efficiency contributions will outweigh consumption

Primary Accelerator

Google DeepMind

Impact on Creativity

Democratization of Creativity

Requirements for AGI

AI Creativity, Continual Learning

AGI Timeline Prediction

5-10 years

Deployed Model (Multimodal)

Gemini

Advanced Model (Interactive Worlds)

Genie 3

Revolutionary Technology (Drug Discovery)

AlphaFold

Undated

Undated

Undated

Undated

Future (5-10 years)

1861: John Tyndall: Experiments in Radiant Energy that reinforced the Greenhouse effect. 1864: James Clerk Maxwell: Theory of electromagnetism. 1865: Gregor Mendel: Mendel's laws of inheritance, basis for genetics. 1865: Rudolf Clausius: Definition of entropy. 1868: Robert Forester Mushet discovers that alloying steel with tungsten produces a harder, more durable alloy. 1869: Dmitri Mendeleev: Periodic table. [...] 1820: Michael Faraday and James Stoddart&action=edit&redlink=1 "James Stoddart (instrument maker) (page does not exist)") discover alloying iron with chromium produces a stainless steel resistant to oxidising elements (rust). 1821: Thomas Johann Seebeck is the first to observe a property of semiconductors.[citation needed] 1824: Carnot: described the Carnot cycle, the idealized heat engine. [...] 1781: William Herschel announces discovery of Uranus, expanding the known boundaries of the Solar System for the first time in modern history. 1785: William Withering: publishes the first definitive account of the use of foxglove (digitalis) for treating dropsy. 1787: Jacques Charles: Charles's law of ideal gases. 1789: Antoine Lavoisier: law of conservation of mass, basis for chemistry, and the beginning of modern chemistry. 1796: Georges Cuvier: Establishes extinction as a fact.

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We thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of the greatest scientific discoveries that have happened over the last century and which direction we think science is going in the next decade. In truth, it is nearly impossible to prioritize the best advancement for each decade, but we took our best shot. Take a look at what we picked: 1920-1929: The First Antibiotic [...] The 1970s were a decade full of incredible medical technology advancements. During this time, positron emission tomography or PET scans were created, the insulin receptor discovered, the first virus form was identified, and photochemotherapy was used to treat disorders like psoriasis. [...] What really changed kicked off a century of innovation and discovery in modern medicine? There’s no better way to start this list than with the discovery of the very first antibiotic – Penicillin.