Angie Jones, formerly VP of engineering for AI tools at Block, told LeadDev she expected the industry to pivot toward measuring efficient token usage rather than celebrating volume. In a cycle where GPU orders and power commitments are being placed years in advance, the quality of the demand projections behind them matters. The hyperscalers are building for a world where every knowledge worker consumes hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual compute. Whether that consumption proves productive or performative will determine how much of this year's $700 billion generates durable returns.
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King_V "We swear, this is really absolutely the next big thing and totally necessary!" they screamed, almost as if they had to convince themselves. Reply
thesyndrome This is very clearly a method to try and trick shareholders to convince them that paying through the nose for the AI is beneficial "Look at how much our workers are using it!" – Said by man mandating that his workers use it, because he was the one who told everyone they needed it in the first place. The business world has a HUGE ego problem at the moment, with the people at the top being so unwilling to admit to being wrong that they are more willing to let their companies fail than to admit their choices are bleeding it dry (though in some cases, I'm sure that CEO/executive is 100% aware that their decisions will destroy the company, but it makes them personally very rich in a short timeframe, then they just 'golden parachute' to the next company to do it all over again) Reply
Key considerations
- Investor positioning can change fast
- Volatility remains possible near catalysts
- Macro rates and liquidity can dominate flows
Reference reading
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/big-tech-has-a-tokenmaxxing-habit#main
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