Wharton's Ethan Mollick advises job seekers to ask about a company's AI token budget before accepting a job
Token allowances determine how effectively employees can use AI.
Many users endorse asking about token budgets before accepting AI-related jobs, while others highlight that usage costs can rapidly deplete allocations or surpass salaries.
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@emollick Yep https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6451858
@emollick I wonder if we're overestimating AI’s impact
@emollick Bonuses will be paid in agent tokens, based on performance.
@emollick How many average people are blowing through a single Max subscription today though?
@emollick Especially now that monthly token spend can literally exceeds your monthly salary...
@emollick Tokens are almost becoming the new "currency"
@emollick Sorry, can't commit until I see the benefits package. Is dental covered or just the 200k context window?
@emollick Just be aware, it'll never really be enough
@emollick I burn through $500/mo by the second week while trying to conserve so much 😭
@emollick 100%
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@emollick The lower the budget, the more secure the job.
@emollick Soon comp packages will have base equity and tokens. The weird part is the token budget might decide how ambitious the work can actually be