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Law of Accelerating Returns

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Last discussed Nov 7, 2026

Ray Kurzweil's theory that technological progress, especially the price-performance of compute, grows exponentially.

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Alexander Wissner-Gross · Nov 7, 2026

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"Over the long term the overall arc, as friend of the pod Ray Kurzweil points out, if you look at his law of accelerating returns, world wars, depressions have approximately no impact on the price of compute."

Anthropic’s IPO in Question, Midterms Hit AI, Nasdaq Dro... · ▶ 1:45:04 · Nov 7, 2026

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