People are using « tokens used » as productivity metric ?! « Tokens used »?!?!? That’s like, the first time « lines of code created » gets beaten for the « worst metric of software engineering » 🫠
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@romeu Measuring data centers in gigawatts is another strong contender.
@romeu @inthehands
I used to be in the datacenter business. I was saddened by the number of cabinets pulling multiple KW 24x7 but doing absolutely nothing.
I was tired of data center PUE metrics. I wanted to institute a new one:
Joy per Joule
Does your compute and storage produce joy?
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Our whole society is rife with this: mistaking consumption for productivity
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@inthehands @romeu @cammerman That's kind of how we measure GDP.
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@romeu It's probably the best possible metric for how hard you're cargo culting though, so it depends on your aims.
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@romeu A more useful and accurate analysis may be as follows: tokens used will be seen as an adoption metric, and implicitly as a loyalty metric.
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@romeu Believing that AI is bringing about a productivity revolution, management will see AI as an opportunity yes, but primarily as a necessity, and an existential threat.
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@romeu They will fear that unless everyone gets on board the AI juggernaut, the organization will be disrupted by new-fangled competitors who are reaping the insane productivity benefits that they have been convinced exist.
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@romeu Checkmates Goodhart's law by being a terrible metric even when not measured.
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