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# Human Productivity

GPT technology triggers the fourth great explosion of human productivity

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### GPT technology triggers the fourth great explosion of human productivity, as humans move from being liberated from physical labor to being liberated from mental labor

> <mark style="color:red;">**Steam Age**</mark>
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> First: 1760-1840 Steam engine technology
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> <mark style="color:red;">**Electrical Age**</mark>
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> Second: 1860-1950 Electric power technology
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> <mark style="color:red;">**Information Age**</mark>
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> Third: 1950- present Computer and information technology
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> <mark style="color:red;">**Intelligent Age**</mark>
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> Fourth: 2011- ongoing Big data and AI technology