Epoch AI: AI costs falling 47%/quarter, 54x faster than electricity's decline
Jsevillamol · x · 2026-10-09
Epoch AI finds AI costs at a given performance level have fallen 47%/quarter since 2023 — 4x faster than DNA sequencing, 6x faster than compute, 18x faster than lithium batteries, and 54x faster than electricity (up to 1973), making it the fastest cost decline of any transformative technology in history.
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