Token spend is just 0.23% of labor spend — far from AGI-level adoption
louisvarge · x · 2026-10-14
louisvarge argues we're nowhere near AGI: if we were, you'd expect roughly equal spend on labor and AI. Today token spend is only 0.23% of labor spend — though growth is already getting a little crazy. A sharp framing of AI penetration via spend share.
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