Google Researcher Mocks Astra Thinking-Token Outcry as Manufactured Angst
rao2z · x · 2026-09-03
Google researcher raofei (rao2z) dismissed the recent outcry over Astra (Gemini Live) not exposing its thinking tokens as manufactured angst, quipping it's like a restaurant review: "The food is utterly tasteless—and the portions are so tiny!"—noting critics call the tokens semantically questionable yet still complain they can't see them.
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