$7,000/day token use draws ROI doubts as Uber's AI overspending comes to mind
gerardsans · x · 2026-09-07
Responding to news that OpenAI's 90th-percentile researchers burn $7,000+ in tokens daily, gerardsans questions what this means for ROI and the broader US economy, noting Uber cut AI usage earlier this year over overspending — joking that OpenAI apparently learned nothing.
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