Viral meme chart: global token usage flat for 50 years, then vertical after 'AI invented'
vboykis · x · 2026-10-19
A hand-drawn meme chart circulating widely in AI circles plots "Global Token Usage" over time: flat from the 1970s through the 2010s, with a single tiny bump labeled "Chuck E. Cheese invented," before going vertical at "AI invented." vboykis relayed it with "is this anything."
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