But I bet a fat nickel that they also track token usage and will recognize the top user each month as an “AI Super Hero” or some other nonsensical bullshit.
My employer has been pushing AI as well so I’ve been using Claude to help me when it makes sense. I’ve had it write python scripts to interact with various API’s, had it analyze log files, etc. I might use it two or three times every other day for between 10 to 30 minutes at a time. So while I’m not using it excessively, I’m still using it what I consider to be a reasonable amount.
I checked my Claude account the other day and it said I have used a whopping 1% of my quota for the past month. That really makes me wonder how all these companies are burning through their usage the way they are reporting. Do they have teams of employees now that are doing nothing but interacting with AIs for 8 hours a day? It seems like that would be the only way for me to put a dent in my monthly quota with Claude…
I’ve been experimenting a bit with adding LLMs into my workflow, and even when using it constantly for a full 8h workday, it barely uses any of my quota. I’m guessing that those who burn through an excessive number of tokens are probably just letting a bunch of them run unattended and automatically allowing everything. There’s just no way to verify that much of its output.
People are using agentic harness software, where the LLM streams output directly to your computer terminal. With this setup the harness recognizes structured commands from the LLM, which lets it read files on your PC using local tools. This supposedly lets the LLM figure out how to engage with the project better. I’ve consumed 500k tokens in no time using this approach.
At my company we received an email telling us to not use AI for unnecessary tasks. Of course this is after they crammed AI down our throats.
But I bet a fat nickel that they also track token usage and will recognize the top user each month as an “AI Super Hero” or some other nonsensical bullshit.
My employer has been pushing AI as well so I’ve been using Claude to help me when it makes sense. I’ve had it write python scripts to interact with various API’s, had it analyze log files, etc. I might use it two or three times every other day for between 10 to 30 minutes at a time. So while I’m not using it excessively, I’m still using it what I consider to be a reasonable amount.
I checked my Claude account the other day and it said I have used a whopping 1% of my quota for the past month. That really makes me wonder how all these companies are burning through their usage the way they are reporting. Do they have teams of employees now that are doing nothing but interacting with AIs for 8 hours a day? It seems like that would be the only way for me to put a dent in my monthly quota with Claude…
I’ve been experimenting a bit with adding LLMs into my workflow, and even when using it constantly for a full 8h workday, it barely uses any of my quota. I’m guessing that those who burn through an excessive number of tokens are probably just letting a bunch of them run unattended and automatically allowing everything. There’s just no way to verify that much of its output.
People are using agentic harness software, where the LLM streams output directly to your computer terminal. With this setup the harness recognizes structured commands from the LLM, which lets it read files on your PC using local tools. This supposedly lets the LLM figure out how to engage with the project better. I’ve consumed 500k tokens in no time using this approach.
We had people using it to reply to emails. And using it for personal purposes.