David Gerard3d ago

Is there anyone who has to use the chatbot at work who's being told not to use *too many* tokens?

Ed Zitron's posting about limits on AI token use at Microsoft (at Microsoft!!) and I'm hearing stories from other places.

turns out companies can't afford to go full Gas Town!

Anyone here getting such directives? "use AI or else! 10x the features! NOW! No, not that much AI! Still 10x the features!"

EDIT: thank you for your help! https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/116258235657317479

David Gerard (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Companies go full AI — then the bill comes due Microsoft will pay you tomorrow for a token today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBEOdoYs8v8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260319-companies-go-full-ai-then-the-bill-comes-due - podcast time: 8 min 01 sec https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/19/companies-go-full-ai-then-the-bill-comes-due/ - blog post

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@davidgerard I imagine a company-wide black market for AI tokens. Long coated spivs hanging out by the watercooler, "Psst, you wanna buy some tokens? I got Claudes, OpenAIs, cheeky little Co-pilots. Good prices. Take a look" *opens coat to reveal pockets full of LLM tokens*
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Show threadbigethan3d ago
@spzb @davidgerard hey man, i heard you know claude… yo, could you ask him something for me?