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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Show threadCraig Wright 🐵3d ago
@davidgerard yes 100%. Required use of coding assistant with limited number of monthly tokens.
Show threadDavid Gerard
@crw lol fuck
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Show threadeestileib (she/hers)3d ago

@davidgerard @crw

I've been told recently by two friends that AI has become good enough to save them time on unit tests, and can do stuff like "provide stubbed out mocks for the API calls the code uses in this module".

They still find it annoying because it's still dragging along a junior without getting the satisfaction of seeing it learn.

Bringing younger colleagues along (and indeed having been mentored by people whose work I respected) was one of the few things I actually enjoyed about work.