Driven by DeepSeek: AI Scientific Discovery Heading Toward a Few Dollars Era
Dr_Singularity · x · 2026-08-04
The author points out that thanks to DeepSeek's aggressive efficiency and pricing optimizations, the cost of AI-driven scientific breakthroughs is collapsing rapidly. Mathematical breakthroughs that cost $2,000 in mid-2026 might only cost $20 to $50 next year.
If costs drop another 10x, we could see tens of breakthroughs for just $2. The author argues that the cost of scientific discovery is collapsing, and following math, fields like physics, chemistry, and biology are next in line for an AI-driven boom.
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