# AI Progress May Mark an Inflection Point by the Royal Society > “The unprecedented speed and scale of progress with artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years suggests society may be living through an inflection point.” > **— the Royal Society**, *2024, Science in the Age of AI* ## Sources and Context - **Direct source and full wording:** [Science in the Age of AI — Executive summary](https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/projects/science-in-the-age-of-ai/executive-summary/) — The Royal Society's 2024 executive summary contains this exact opening sentence. - **Article use:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat]] cites this statement in its account of machine intelligence as a change in trajectory. The Royal Society uses the language of an inflection point to describe the rate and scale of recent AI progress. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Royal Society|Royal Society]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Royal Society|Royal Society]] - [[wiki/Machine Intelligence Inflection Point|Machine Intelligence Inflection Point]] - [[wiki/Scientific Acceleration|Scientific Acceleration]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The unprecedented speed and scale of progress with artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years suggests society may be living through an inflection point.” — the Royal Society, 2024, Science in the Age of AI https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-royal-society-ai-progress-inflection-point ```