Matt Barrie burned 4B tokens in a day, cut his bill 500-fold, and now worries about $5T in debt
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-09-10
Commentator Matt Barrie's new essay 'AI-gent Provocateur' recounts burning 4 billion tokens in a single day and cutting his bill 500-fold with just 14 keystrokes — leading him to voice concerns about $5 trillion of debt behind the AI buildout.
He also previews a September 11 interview on AI with Erik Townsend on Macrovoices, the macroeconomics podcast.
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