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Nadella keeps on talking of "tokens" generated by the data centers that must be infused everywhere. Surely a new BS buzzword but what is it? Since the target of such talk is finance executives, is it about the merge of crypto-currencies and AI, i.e. how to make out of gigantic investments?
tokens are kind of the language unit of an llm. they're suite of chars read or generated at once. they're not necessarly words, but you can think of them this way. Now, is what Microslop CEO says BS though? 100%.
Thanks but strangely i didn't recognize that same token ;)
Seriously i doubt that Nadella was just talking about strings of chars. An interesting paper was published the day before Nadella's talk (https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/emerging-technologies/ai-tokens-how-to-navigate-spend-dynamics.html):
boy then it could be even worse than I thought lol