Claude Code’s Boris Cherny is quoted urging a focus on AI returns over token savings

A user shares remarks attributed to Boris Cherny, Anthropic’s head of Claude Code, citing the Scale YouTube channel. In the shared remarks, Cherny argues there is probably a 50% opportunity to reduce token costs, but there may be a 1,000%, 10,000% or even 100,000% opportunity to increase returns. His recommendation is to use the most expensive model and focus on getting more out of it, rather than primarily cutting costs.