Tokenomics is already a word used to describe cryptocurrency economics, not sure why they'd try to redefine it for AI even if a different sort of token is used.

Crypto was already a term before cryptocurrencies made it about them. Web 3.0 was already a thing before crypto bros made web 3 about cryptocurrencies.

So what? Terms are reused in different contexts all the time. And most people have moved on from cryptocurrencies anyway, so there’s little chance it’ll confuse anyone.

New fad. Forget about the old fad. This one will be old soon, you better get on board before its too late!