MIT Technology Review · AI· Affan Syed·· 5 h ago
Stop counting tokens, start counting what ships
Stop counting tokens, start counting what ships
AI summary
When a developer gives an AI agent a coding task, the agent does more than answer once. It plans, generates code, runs tests, and repeats the process to correct errors. A single task can use 10 to 50 times more tokens than a basic chat prompt.
Selection record
Threshold 76Media and individualsFirst 22Second 22
Not admittedSum of both 44 < twice the threshold 152
- Source tier
- Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
- Pre-filter
- passed：讨论AI编程代理token成本与部署策略
A model scores each item twice, independently, against one written standard, out of 100. An item is admitted only when the two scores add up to twice the threshold. The threshold is set per source tier.
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