Joseph Jacks: 'Tokens Per Unit of Work' Is a Worse Metric Than Lines of Code
JosephJacks_ · x · 2026-08-19
Responding to Chamath's hope that OpenAI's and Ant's S-1s would disclose tokens needed per real-world work task, Joseph Jacks argues the metric is worse than asking how many lines of code deliver business value — both ignore many fundamental variables that actually drive value creation and capture in a company.
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