AIMIT Tech Review1h ago
Stop counting tokens, start counting what ships
TL;DRAI agents use far more tokens than simple chatbots because they iterate to solve problems.
Why it matters: Token costs are a hidden tax on agent usefulness; billing models need to shift to actual outputs.
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. The more useful the agent becomes,…
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