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Everything filed under Anthropic Anthropic Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under social media social media Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Measuring someone’s productivity by their AI token usage is a horrible idea. Measuring someone’s productivity by theirAI token usage is a horrible idea. Last stated 5 months ago 4 Jun 2026 SW Scott Wu — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Using AI-related job losses as a measure of AI's contribution to productivity gains is an incorrect approach. — tap to centre the map on it Using AI-related job losses as ameasure of AI's contribution toproductivity gains is an incorrectapproach. Last stated yesterday 1 Nov 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-11-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rationing AI tokens reflects a weird scarcity mindset when more tokens are easily affordable than one could ever use. — tap to centre the map on it Rationing AI tokens reflects a weirdscarcity mindset when more tokensare easily affordable than one couldever use. Last stated a month ago 26 Sept 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Counting AI tokens on leaderboards is as bad a way to manage people as counting cars in the parking lot or lines of code. — tap to centre the map on it Counting AI tokens on leaderboardsis as bad a way to manage people ascounting cars in the parking lot orlines of code. Last stated a month ago 27 Sept 2026 MG Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is creating user surplus and capital deepening, even if it is not yet showing up in TFP data. — tap to centre the map on it AI is creating user surplus andcapital deepening, even if it is notyet showing up in TFP data. Last stated 4 weeks ago 5 Oct 2026 BD Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Return on tokens" has the same measurement problems as hours and capacity: it still hinges on a theory of value. — tap to centre the map on it "Return on tokens" has the samemeasurement problems as hours andcapacity: it still hinges on atheory of value. Last stated 3 months ago 17 Aug 2026 JC John Cutler — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: If the existence of AI forces everyone to spend a lot more just to keep doing the things they were doing before, that's a net negative for productivity even if the big labs make trillions in revenue. — tap to centre the map on it If the existence of AI forceseveryone to spend a lot more just tokeep doing the things they weredoing before, that's a net negativefor productivity even if the biglabs make trillions in revenue. Last stated a week ago 26 Oct 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Token consumption is becoming a proxy for how seriously a team uses AI. — tap to centre the map on it Token consumption is becoming aproxy for how seriously a team usesAI. Last stated 7 months ago 9 Apr 2026 CD Carilu Dietrich — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Maxing out your token usage is optimising one node of the factory for utilisation instead of the end-to-end goal of shipping value that is stable and lasts. — tap to centre the map on it Maxing out your token usage isoptimising one node of the factoryfor utilisation instead of theend-to-end goal of shipping valuethat is stable and lasts. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it "I don't know" becomes a kind ofsuperpower when you can work withClaude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn fromits mistakes the way a person does-- it repeats the same errorindefinitely unless a human noticesand writes it down. Last stated 7 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over aweekend returns work that is halfgood, a quarter garbage and aquarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark that ranks Claude Codelast while it stays first in use ismeasuring the wrong thing, and hasbeen for a year. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill is a set of repeatable, specific instructions that augments what Claude Code can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill is a set of repeatable,specific instructions that augmentswhat Claude Code can do. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A story's quality depends on whether it engages and satisfies the reader, not on the tool used to write it. — tap to centre the map on it A story's quality depends on whetherit engages and satisfies the reader,not on the tool used to write it. Last stated 2 months ago 30 Aug 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found withGPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc thisweek. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it A startup should not begin life as anonprofit and bolt a for-profit armon later, whatever OpenAI's ownhistory suggests. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. — tap to centre the map on it Advertising was a necessary phasefor the internet but a momentaryindustry, and an AI people pay foris better because they know theanswers are not influenced byadvertisers. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Measuring someone’s productivity by their AI token usage is a horrible idea. Last stated 4 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago Holds Scott Wu Read this korrent →