James Watt was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist most famous for his work on the world’s first modern steam engine. He would modify the Newcomen steam engine to improve its ...

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However, James Watt introduced his own improved design of the Newcomen in 1769. The Watt steam engine drastically increased fuel efficiency by minimizing heat loss, and improving power output.

In 1776, the energy efficiency of Boulton & Watt’s steam engine was a mere 4%, converting only 100 BTUs of coal into 4 BTUs of useful work, primarily in pumping water out of tin mines in Cornwall.

Between 1822 and 1837, the number of steam engines working in Bengal rose from 2 to 67, and by 1845, according to the Bengal Hurkaru newspaper, there were 150 engines in use (mostly imported).

For a start, AI's impact will be far broader than that of the steam engine, which primarily transformed physical labor, manufacturing and transportation. Today, AI models can generate ideas and art.