AI loops: who pays for the tokens?

jackfranklin.co.uk

Forget the main message about loop engineering, I appreciate the meta message here from Jack Franklin:

when it comes to AI, you must consider the context of who is giving you advice because a person's circumstances can make a huge difference to how they encourage AI usage.

He clarifies his own position with a disclaimer:

I am probably a person with an opinion on AI you should be wary of because:

  1. I work at Google, I am encouraged to adopt AI in my workflow, and I do not pay for any tokens or have any limits on token consumption.

  2. I work on AI features in Chrome Tooling; my job is to help people achieve more with the help of AI.

He notes that using AI at work:

it is easy for me to be so positive about AI […] because I do not see the cost.

Is different than using it for personal use:

By the end of my prompting and usage, I had spent $105.92 […] there was no doubt in my mind that it was not money well spent.

Always a good question to ask on any subject: who is paying the bill?