Anthropic cofounder: cut token costs 1000x and enterprises will just use 1000x more tokens
gabriel1 · x · 2026-10-21
Anthropic cofounder Gabriel argues enterprise demand for AI is effectively unbounded: even if token costs fell 1000x, companies would simply feed 1000x more tokens into models. The takeaway is a Jevons-paradox view of AI economics — cheaper intelligence expands usage rather than shrinking spend.
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