Global AI inference hits ~10 quadrillion tokens/month, overtaking humans next year
johnowhitaker · x · 2026-08-19
The post estimates current global AI inference volume at approximately 10 quadrillion tokens per month. Comparing this to an estimated human internal monologue rate of 120 'thinking tokens' per minute (totaling 20-40 quadrillion/month), it predicts AI is on track to overtake total human thought volume sometime next year.
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