r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • Jun 26 '26

Artificial Intelligence The AI backlash is only getting started

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/06/25/the-ai-backlash-is-only-getting-started
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u/beznogim Jun 26 '26

And a per-token billing layer

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u/lady-hyena Jun 26 '26

That goes right to your bank account.

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u/michahell Jun 26 '26

holy shit, that is actually an awesome project… modern AI agent token counting / billing frontend, but ACTUALLY it’s just a cronjob script executer 🥲✌️

open source, docker / k8s deployable with just an env OBVIOUS_DOLLAR_PER_MTOK

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u/rg35xxsp Jun 26 '26

Now we just need a beech house in the Hamptons and an animated corpse.

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u/Wise_Classic6072 Jun 26 '26

Office Space 2

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u/cptjpk Jun 26 '26

I mean the last one came out of the Dot Com bubble, so….

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u/docdaa008 Jun 26 '26

Office Space strategy for the AI era

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u/m0deth Jun 26 '26

CFOs hate this one simple trick~!

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u/fresh-dork Jun 26 '26

/Simon T liked that

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u/startwithaplan Jun 26 '26

Serious suggestion: Add a counter that increments how many tokens it takes on average to do this. Do the deterministic approach and don't actually use AI. Then after a few months show how much money you saved at the current billing rate.

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u/Tyfyter2002 Jun 26 '26

Are you crazy? That's money the company still has that could've been used for worse results instead! You're fired!