Measuring intelligence by token counts will age as badly as calorie counting
soleio · x · 2026-07-21
Measuring intelligence by token counts will one day look as misguided as measuring it by calories, according to soleio. The post is a short but pointed argument that token volume is a poor proxy for real intelligence.
It frames current obsession with tokens as a crude metric that may age badly, similar to how calorie counts capture only a narrow slice of nutrition rather than overall health.
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