@nutanc: I didn't think this would happen so fast. I thought we had at least a couple more years of subsidized token maxxing.
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A tweet commenting on the unexpected speed of changes in AI token pricing, contrasting earlier periods of subsidized usage with current attempts to limit adoption.
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I didn’t think this would happen so fast. I thought we had at least a couple more years of subsidized token maxxing.
CG (@cgtwts): Companies spent months pushing AI adoption.
Now they’re trying to stop people from using it.
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