Episode
Do AI Tokenomics Matter More Than Model Benchmarks? with Chris Potts - #776
The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence) · Sep 9, 2026 · 59 min
As reasoning models consume more tokens and AI systems become more expensive to run, understanding what those tokens actually buy is becoming increasingly important. In this episode, Stanford professor and Big Spin co-founder Chris Potts joins us to discuss AI tokenomics and his research into “tokenflation”—the possibility that token usage is growing faster than the measurable value those tokens…