AI Defense Agents Running 24/7 Could Send Token Costs Through the Roof
robleclerc · x · 2026-11-02
junsong argues AI agents won't "break the internet" — defense tech will grow just as fast to stop them. The real worry: if every business has to run defense agents 24/7 just to stay safe, token prices will skyrocket amid an existing global compute shortage.
robleclerc adds that corporations would then divert resources to defense over growth (guns vs. butter), potentially negating — or making negative — AI's productivity gains.
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