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Is AI the Biggest Revolution in Human History? The Numbers
Oct 17, 2026
Fire, farming, writing, printing, the Industrial Revolution, electricity, medicine and fertilizer: how big were they in numbers, and how does AI compare so far? Income per person barely moved for 1,800 years, then rose about 15 times. AI is spreading faster than the PC or the internet, but its economic payoff is still an open question.
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