Chamath Warns: AI Token Bill Doubles Every 45 Days While Productivity Grows Just 5%
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-06
Investor Chamath revealed that his company's AI token bill is doubling every 45 days, yet the actual productivity improvement is only around 5%.
He noted that each marginal gain in productivity requires a disproportionately massive amount of additional tokens. Facing this highly unbalanced ROI, the firm is stepping back to reassess its AI infrastructure strategy.
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