Legora's tech chief says tokenmaxxing is a 'really stupid way' to encourage AI use

• Legora’s tech head said there are better ways to gauge AI usage than tokenmaxxing.
• He said that demo days and hack days are more efficient ways of showing people how AI can be used.
• Tech firms are now questioning tokenmaxxing costs and reassessing giving employees free rein.

An Amazon spokesperson told Business Insider that the unofficial dashboard “was never intended to promote the use of AI for usage’s sake.”

At a Bloomberg conference last week, Andrew Feldman, the CEO of Cerebras Systems, said that the idea of giving employees unlimited tokens was “boneheaded from the get-go.”

“You don’t need a Ferrari to go to the grocery store, right? Use a lower-cost open source model,” he said about being more efficient with tokens. “What we’re learning is how to shop at Costco.”