Work & worth
Am I only worth 2.2 million AI tokens?
Treating people’s worth as a token cost is a serious business mistake. The comparison misses human capital and the long-term value people create.
A business that treats a person’s worth as a quantity of AI tokens is making a serious mistake. The price of generating text cannot tell you what an employee contributes, whether their role can be replaced, or what the organisation stands to lose if they leave. Using that comparison to cut staff gives an incomplete cost estimate authority it has not earned.
Companies should examine where AI can improve work and reduce costs. They should also demand evidence before treating a tool’s output as equivalent to the human capability behind a service.
