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New AI field signal Development 15h ago
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companies scramble cut AI token spending

The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI

11 experts across 6 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Simon Willison Mar Hicks Olivia Guest 404 Media Joseph Cox Jason Koebler Scott McGrath Dare Obasanjo +3

“TIL from https://t.co/349k1txWLV that a material chunk of Accenture's token spend is non-engineers using LLMs to convert PDFs into markdown! https://t.co/lWkPqhJ0QI”

“Companies encouraged employees to use AI and now they’re spending gobs of cash on tokens for employees to convert documents to PDF😅 “Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentation slides” w…”

2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
404 Media: Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentation slides. They're not the only company now telling staff to slow down on AI use @evy…
Teresa Heffernan: Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentation slides. They're not the only company now telling staff to slow down on AI use @evy…
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New AI field signal Analysis 14h ago
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ghost in machine AI healthcare essay

Ghost in the Machine

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Emily M. Bender AI Now Institute sorelle Mél Hogan / The Data Fix tante ana valdivia Abstract Tesseract

“This is pretty ahistorical actually. Just because what's going on now is ESPECIALLY toxic & corrupt doesn't mean "AI" as an ideology was ever okay. See: notaidoc.com See: faculty.washington.edu/ebender/pape... >>”

“The history of AI development is not rooted in neutral algorithms, but in entrenched systems of power that shape our lives. Ghost in the Machine dives into this history, interrogating who builds this tech, who benefits from it, and who bears the cost 👉 http…”

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Emily M. Bender: "I belong to a cult. Someone did some research that undermines the core tenets of my cult and came up with a catchy phrase that makes it harder to recruit more people to my cult. This makes me sad."
Iris van Rooij: "I belong to a cult. Someone did some research that undermines the core tenets of my cult and came up with a catchy phrase that makes it harder to recruit more people to my cult. This makes me sad."
Emily M. Bender: It's interesting to me that these guys put so much energy into refuting (what they think we meant by) "stochastic parrots" and maybe not as much into refuting the (solid) research connecting "AI" t…
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New AI field signal Analysis 11h ago
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AI slop knowledge destruction critique

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge

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Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Eileen Clancy 🧿 Abstract Tesseract

“Btw, kind heads: this is AI generated slop "definition" See also: irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...”

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Iris van Rooij: Something that may be difficult for non-experts to grasp is that experts can recognise when a student’s text is not meaningfully connected to cited literature in the expert’s area of expertise.
Iris van Rooij: Not unrelated to this irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
Iris van Rooij: And related to this bsky.app/profile/oliv...
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2 experts · 4 posts · 4d ago
Pavel Abstract Tesseract
Pavel: Access to hormones needs to be regulated, nowadays any kid can walk into the corner store and buy as many e cigarettes as they like
Pavel: Sincerely hoping that no one's shitty AI assistant picks this up as a serious post
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