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Tom Morris (tommorris@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-May-2026 23:36:47 JST Tom Morris

RE: https://front-end.social/@hdv/116539331105631482
I've spoken to people working at major tech companies who've written little scripts that fire off some queries every day specifically so they can say they're using the stupid AI system.
"Here, god of matrix arithmetic, enjoy my burnt token offerings."
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  I've now heard many examples of companies that actively make AI token usage part of perf reviews. In some, you could perform otherwise perfectly, but fail to get promoted without token usage. So people are building systems just for the sole purpose of burning tokens. Normal or utter bollocks?

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