Qualcomm CEO: Agentic AI will need 'gazillions' of tokens, far more than chatbots
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-19
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon argues future AI demand will require "gazillions" of tokens, because agentic AI consumes dramatically more than chatbots. A chatbot spends tokens mainly on language, while an agent burns tokens on deciding, checking outputs, calling tools, revising plans, and coordinating with other software — every autonomous task involves multiple systems and rounds of interaction. If agents become the dominant workload, the economics of inference compute and token demand change fundamentally.
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