01
Orient
Recognize AI and build a calm foundation
12landmarks12 published
THE 103-LANDMARK ROADMAP
A large world,
without the long ladder.
The Atlas has six stages of capability. People follow useful trails rather than being marched through the landmarks one by one.
6Rings
Major stages of capability
12Trails
Goal-based journeys across rings
103Landmarks
Individual interactive experiences
02
Use
Complete bounded tasks with useful context
20landmarks20 published
1A useful request2Accessibility3Ask, don’t invent4Break work into steps5Choosing a tool6Creative exploration7Data analysis8Examples as guidance9Images and multimodality10Iterate deliberately11Keep a human checkpoint12Learning partner13Meetings and summaries14Research with sources15Reusable workflows16Search assistants17Spreadsheets18Team collaboration19Translation20Writing with ownership
03
Judge
Verify, protect, and make responsible decisions
19landmarks19 published
1Accessibility impacts2Bias and representation3Conflicting sources4Copyright and permission5Escalate responsibly6Human oversight7Labour and sustainability8Match checking to risk9Privacy before prompting10Prompt injection11Provider or deployer?12Reality Lab: evidence13Scams and synthetic media14Security boundaries15The EU risk lens16Trace a claim17Vendor evidence18When not to automate19When the model just agrees with you
04
Understand
See how models, retrieval, and evaluation work
22landmarks22 published
1Context as working memory2Data provenance3Drawing the system4Embeddings5Fine-tuning and alignment6How a model uses tools7How evaluation works8How models are trained9How multimodal models work10Inside a transformer11Memory and state12Model cards and documentation13Open and closed models14Predicting the next token15Reasoning and extended thinking16Retrieval-augmented generation17Seeing inside a model18Size, distillation, and quantisation19Tokens20Uncertainty and confidence21What a benchmark measures22What happens at inference
05
Build
Design workflows and agents with safeguards
20landmarksfuture frontier
06
Steward
Lead responsible adoption and governance
10landmarksfuture frontier
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Frontier means planned, not published.
Future landmarks appear here so the direction is transparent. They become available only after evidence, teaching, accessibility, and human review.