“Token Standoff.” The most efficient token consumer wins. This mutually assured time efficiency destruction is driven by management support of aggressive use of AI in an attempt to, in some combination, increase productive and constrain labor costs.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law

Mutually Assured Distraction.