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The price of artificial thought may have fallen faster than for any other transformative technology in history

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GroupSeriesxValue (x)SourceConf.
0Electricity 1892-19730~10Estimate0.30
10Electricity 1892-197310~51Estimate0.80
20Electricity 1892-197320~101.5Estimate0.80
30Electricity 1892-197330~152Estimate0.80
40Electricity 1892-197340~202.5Estimate0.80
50Electricity 1892-197350~253Estimate0.80
60Electricity 1892-197360~600Estimate0.30
70Electricity 1892-197370~700Estimate0.30
80Electricity 1892-197380~800Estimate0.30
0Lithium batteries 1991-20240~10Estimate0.30

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10Lithium batteries 1991-202410~51Estimate0.80
20Lithium batteries 1991-202420~101.5Estimate0.80
30Lithium batteries 1991-202430~152Estimate0.80
0AI 2021-260~10Estimate0.30
1AI 2021-261~100Estimate0.30
2AI 2021-262~1000Estimate0.30
3AI 2021-263~10000Estimate0.30
4AI 2021-264~100000Estimate0.30
5AI 2021-265~1000000Estimate0.30
0DNA sequencing 2001-220~10Estimate0.30
2DNA sequencing 2001-222~100Estimate0.30
4DNA sequencing 2001-224~1000Estimate0.30
6DNA sequencing 2001-226~10000Estimate0.30
8DNA sequencing 2001-228~100000Estimate0.30
10DNA sequencing 2001-2210~1000000Estimate0.30
12DNA sequencing 2001-2212~10000000Estimate0.30
14DNA sequencing 2001-2214~100000000Estimate0.30
16DNA sequencing 2001-2216~1000000000Estimate0.30
18DNA sequencing 2001-2218~10000000000Estimate0.30
20DNA sequencing 2001-2220~100000000000Estimate0.30
0Compute 1940-20010~10Estimate0.30
5Compute 1940-20015~100Estimate0.30
10Compute 1940-200110~501Estimate0.80
15Compute 1940-200115~10000Estimate0.30
20Compute 1940-200120~50001.5Estimate0.80
25Compute 1940-200125~1000000Estimate0.30
30Compute 1940-200130~10000000Estimate0.30
35Compute 1940-200135~100000000Estimate0.30
40Compute 1940-200140~1000000000Estimate0.30
45Compute 1940-200145~10000000000Estimate0.30
50Compute 1940-200150~100000000000Estimate0.30
55Compute 1940-200155~1000000000000Estimate0.30
90Electricity 1892-197390~10Estimate0.30
40Lithium batteries 1991-202440~5Estimate0.30
50Lithium batteries 1991-202450~6Estimate0.30
60Lithium batteries 1991-202460~7Estimate0.30
70Lithium batteries 1991-202470~8Estimate0.30
80Lithium batteries 1991-202480~9Estimate0.30
90Lithium batteries 1991-202490~10Estimate0.30
10AI 2021-2610~2Estimate0.30
20AI 2021-2620~3Estimate0.30
30AI 2021-2630~4Estimate0.30
40AI 2021-2640~5Estimate0.30
50AI 2021-2650~6Estimate0.30
60AI 2021-2660~7Estimate0.30
70AI 2021-2670~8Estimate0.30
80AI 2021-2680~9Estimate0.30
90AI 2021-2690~10Estimate0.30
30DNA sequencing 2001-2230~4Estimate0.30
40DNA sequencing 2001-2240~5Estimate0.30
50DNA sequencing 2001-2250~6Estimate0.30
60DNA sequencing 2001-2260~7Estimate0.30
70DNA sequencing 2001-2270~8Estimate0.30
80DNA sequencing 2001-2280~9Estimate0.30
90DNA sequencing 2001-2290~10Estimate0.30
60Compute 1940-200160~7Estimate0.30
70Compute 1940-200170~8Estimate0.30
80Compute 1940-200180~9Estimate0.30
90Compute 1940-200190~10Estimate0.30
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