Chamath: AI Token Bill Doubles Every 45 Days, But Productivity Only Grows 5%
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-06
Investor Chamath revealed that his company's AI token bill doubles every 45 days, yet the actual productivity improvement is a mere 5%.
With each capability gain requiring significantly more tokens, the high marginal cost has prompted the firm to step back and reassess the ROI of their AI deployment strategy.
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