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Import AI 435: 100k training runs; AI systems absorb human power; intelligence per watt

100k training runs. One year. Here's what AI's scaling curve actually looks like.

Reporting by Import AI (Jack Clark) 1 min brief
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Why it matters

Import AI synthesizes emerging metrics around AI training scale and efficiency that matter to founders and operators building in the AI economy—specifically around training volume, labor displacement trends, and compute efficiency benchmarks that signal where the industry is headed.

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  1. 100k training runs tracked/analyzed

  2. Focus on AI systems absorbing human labor/power dynamics

  3. Intelligence per watt efficiency metric highlighted

  4. Curated analysis of scaling trends across the AI industry

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