Raviraj Jain on the Six Frontiers Defining the Next Century | Lightwork

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The cost of one million tokens from the same model fell roughly 1,000 times between 2023 and 2026.
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Sending one kilogram into space fell from $54,000 about 20 years ago to roughly $900.
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Solar power collapsed from about $100 per watt in the 1970s to roughly $0.20. That is a 500x cost revolution.
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Internet adoption reached about 16 million users in five years. Large language models surpassed one billion users.
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China processes 94% of the world’s magnets, critical inputs for electric vehicles, data centers, and robots.
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A world model of human biology could replace lengthy physical clinical trials with overnight simulations of drug effects.
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Technological frontiers are compressing: each one catalyzes the next, shrinking the time between major shifts.
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Advanced intelligence is reaching the point where it can push science forward through materials discovery and personalized medicine.
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Energy’s next giant opportunity spans nuclear fission and fusion, both aimed at producing energy at scale.
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Intelligence and energy compound each other: smarter systems demand more power, while abundant power enables smarter systems.
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The next AI frontier is physical intelligence: perceiving and moving atoms in the material world.
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Global specialization makes supply chains efficient, but it also creates strategic dependencies that can threaten national control.
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Sovereignty means owning your destiny by bringing critical supply chains and production capabilities in-house.
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The energy race requires innovation across generation, grid interconnection, storage, and every layer between them.
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Steam, railways, electricity, automobiles, computing, the internet, and AI each opened capabilities for the next frontier.

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