New AI metric joke: beyond adjusted profit, companies should report "Most Tokens Used"
MatthewChang · x · 2026-11-12
An accounting joke is making the rounds: companies report cash profit if they have it, adjusted profit if they don't, and gross profit as a last resort.
Matthew Chang adds the AI-era twist: the leaderboard needs a "Most Tokens Used" line under "Best Place to Work" — a jab at how AI startups burn inference tokens while dressing up their financials.
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