State of AI Report 2021

Explore the 2021 report.

Explore the key findings from the October 2021 report. Each topic brings together the original slides, questions, and source-linked evidence.

AI progress

Vision, language-image learning, and the limits of truthfulness.

ASML’s role in advanced manufacturing and a global semiconductor shortage.

Hiring growth, STEM education, and the academic compute gap.

Electricity forecasts and language models in software products.

AlphaFold 2 and the spread of related ideas into academia.

The proposed EU AI Act and the expansion of military uses.

Long-term alignment staffing and the difference between capability and truthfulness.

8 forecasts for the following twelve months, with their original thresholds and conditions.