Even If Frontier Models Paused, Token Demand Would Keep Rising, Say Practitioners
robleclerc · x · 2026-10-29
Practitioners argue that even if frontier LLM capabilities plateaued indefinitely, enterprises would keep extracting substantially more value and frontier token demand would keep growing — it's still very early. Rob Leclerc adds that agents will act as 'pilots' for businesses, requiring an immense amount of new software infrastructure to operate effectively.
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