Pedro Domingos: token-based pricing is doomed because tokens will soon be obsolete
pmddomingos · x · 2026-10-01
AI researcher and author of The Master Algorithm Pedro Domingos argues that token-based pricing has a fundamental flaw: tokens themselves will soon become obsolete. As models shift toward longer context, smarter reasoning, and outcome-oriented services, charging per text fragment may give way to a new pricing paradigm.
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