And despite all this, most people will still be limited to the 200 kilobyte per second random access performance provided by historical mechanical magnetic track recording for data storage...
Human brain can store and retrieve random access data at many gigabytes per second. Just take an instant to remember a vivid image of something, and BAM you just recalled several megabytes of uncompressed pixel data instantly, you didn't have to "seek" for it. Every time you look at something and recognize objects in your environment, how many gigs per second are you processing with no long term memory access delays? (eg a HDD) All the bitmap data from the retinas, being compared to everything you've ever seen and learned since childhood and allowing you to instantly recognize with no delay "that is a computer monitor, that is an image of a car on the computer monitor, that is a phone", etc. In 3D no less. And recalled instantly from every angle, every sound, every smell, make, model, brand, color, size, shape, etc. And you still instantly recognize objects. Try that on Google!
Our data storage technology has about 5 decades of catching up to do before we start worrying about faster processors. We are handicapped by storage technology as it is. Let me know when we have 50 GB/sec non volatile main memory that completely eliminates the need for a HDD/SSD to retain data on power loss. And can do parallel searches on the entire memory array all at once. eg: search for a specific file (no cheating with indexing) on a 4 TB HDD instantly every time with no access delays, progress bars, or flash light / dog sniffing animations...
Processing power is only as good as the ability to access the data to process. I don't care if you have 16 cores and 100 GB /sec of main memory bandwidth, you're still having to load your data file from a spinning disk at kilobyte/megabyte per second speed. Humans, cats, and artificial intelligences don't walk around freezing and stuttering 5-10 minutes at a time any time the disk access light goes solid...