I think we crossed plenty of lines were we will not get back to.

Software development for example as a task is done. And AI is continuesly reducing the price of more and more tasks every day.

This math breakthrough also shifts something significant: Its now a lot clearer that investment means money into energy to run AI.

Money + Energy = progress

I don't see it plateuing at all. We know how to progress. We broke through a wall we hit. Like the system wasn't able to optimize/automate everything because the tools were not there. It was still cheaper and easier to hire people for a LOT of things.

Now AI fills this gap.

You will see the commodification of everything in the next 15 years. High complex tasks? commodity. Physical labor? commodity.