The Task Economy

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The Token Economy When we talk about AI today, tokens are king. Specifically, inference tokens have emerged as the primary proxy for tracking the growth of the AI ecosystem. Public companies report monthly tokens processed to showcase their AI growth, analysts compare models’ success based on their relative token volumes, and management teams measure their commitment to & investment in AI by looking at their token usage over time. This broad popularity makes sense; tokens are a fundamental unit of AI intelligence and computation, and growth in tokens is a good representation of overall…

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