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AI's two clocks, in 10 slides.
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How fast is AI?
AI moves by the month. The economy moves by the year.
650× cheaper
GPT-4-level intelligence since Mar 2023, when it cost $37.50 per million tokens
17h
the longest task a frontier model completes half the time (Claude Mythos Preview, METR)
+9.1%
US output per hour since ChatGPT launched (Nov 2022), in total
Source: Epoch AI, LiteLLM price map, METR, US Bureau of Labor Statisticshowfastis.ai · data as of Oct 2, 2026 · 1/10
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AI's two clocks
How fast AI gets more capable and cheaper, beside jobs and productivity in eight economies. Updated daily.
The same intelligence keeps getting cheaper
For each AI capability level: its debut model and price, how many models reach it today, and how much cheaper it has become.
How long a task can AI finish on its own?
METR's task-completion time horizons for frontier models, with the doubling trend.
Job postings: AI-exposed versus less-exposed work
Indeed job postings by occupation group, indexed to ChatGPT's launch month, by country.
150 years of roughly 2% growth
US income per person since 1870 on a log scale: steam, electricity, and computers all left the trend near 2%.