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United States

FrontierNorth AmericaHigh income Power #1 / 48Per-capita #1
Cognitive Power
95.0
of 100 · #1
CPI
95.0
CC
85.3
CDI
0.855
AIR
95.5
AIX
100.0
CRI
89.2
CM
80.4
CV
4.0%
Primary · absolute lens

Cognitive Power

95.0 · #1/48

Total national capacity — AI capital, compute, models & robotics. Strongest in ai capital, compute capacity, frontier models.

Per-capita lens

Cognitive Coefficient

85.3 · #1/48

How deep infrastructure runs per person — rewards intensity, like GDP-per-capita or the HDI.

CC projection to 2040 — Baseline

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Monte-Carlo band (P10–P90) around the median path. Dashed = illustrative historical reconstruction.

Median (P50)P10–P90 bandReconstruction

Pillar profile

Insight engine

United States ranks #1 of 48 on the Cognitive Coefficient (85.3/100), with a trajectory classified as Frontier relative to the frontier. Its strongest pillars are compute, knowledge infrastructure; the binding constraints are education, data.

Risks

  • Few acute risks at present; principal exposure is complacency as the frontier keeps moving.

Opportunities

  • Largest headroom in Education (63.0/100) — targeted investment compounds fastest here.
  • Largest headroom in Data (82.3/100) — targeted investment compounds fastest here.
  • High momentum: current investment and pipeline favour accelerating returns if sustained.

Recommended actions

  • Prioritise the weakest pillar (Education) to lift the geometric-mean development index (CDI).
  • Broaden the base (education + data governance) to raise resilience and reduce concentration risk.
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These are model outputs and scenarios, not forecasts of actual outcomes. This platform measures access to, utilization of, and leverage from cognitive infrastructure — not intelligence. No causality or certainty is claimed.

Pillars

AI Access87.3
AI Adoption85.0
Compute98.2
Data82.3
Education63.0
Digital Literacy91.0
Innovation82.9
Knowledge Infrastructure92.5

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