Stop counting tokens, start counting what ships
MIT Technology Review • 11/2/2026
Summary
When a developer assigns a coding task to an AI agent, the agent engages in multiple steps: planning, generating code, running tests, and correcting errors. This process can consume 10 to 50 times more tokens than a basic chat prompt. As the agent becomes more useful, the number of calls it receives increases.
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