It’s also worth noting that’s the peak benefit. Expect most engineers to not hit those limits on the regular (if at all, since limiting this puts skills in focus again), and that limit to come down over time as the easy processes are automated and humans are re-tasked with harder problems relative to their TC.

This is not a good bellwether for the AI industry, including its adherents. Their growth assumed a level of indispensability that’s not being reflected in hard numbers and real costs, which lends credence to the notion that these IPOs being fast-tracked are meant to try and cash out before the bubble really pops in earnest. There’s no way consuming enterprises are going to pay such insane costs for such minimal uplift in the long run, and the AI companies can’t keep offering subsidized tokens via subscription plans at their current pricing.