“Token maxing” is just building the haystack before looking for the needle
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-07-26
A short AI joke: token maxing is like building the haystack first, then trying to find the needle inside it.
It lands because it pokes fun at the way longer context can make retrieval and focus worse, not better.
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