# 优步首席运营官表示，越来越难以证明在"代币化"上的支出是合理的 - 来源：Hacker News 热门（buzzing.cc 中文翻译） - 作者：_____k - 发布时间：2026-05-26 02:06 - AIHOT 分数：64 - AIHOT 链接：https://aihot.virxact.com/items/cmpljhpiu0gdpsl01ridjd46e - 原文链接：https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-coo-andrew-macdonald-ai-token-spending-harder-justify-2026-5 ## 正文 Uber's COO says it's getting harder to justify the money spent on AI tokenmaxxing A top Uber exec said AI is not giving the company bang for its buck. In a Rapid Response interview released on Saturday, Uber's operations chief, Andrew Macdonald, said it was becoming harder to justify AI costs within the company. He said that Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga went viral after telling The Information in an April interview that Uber had already blown through its Claude Code budget for 2026. The comment led to what he described as a "head-exploding moment," sparking discussions about AI token consumption within the company and the trade-offs it creates, such as on head count. He said that, based on talks with Uber's senior engineering leaders, he realized higher token usage did not translate into a proportional increase in useful consumer features. "That link is not there yet, right?" he said. "I think maybe implicitly there is more that is getting shipped, but it's very hard to draw a line between one of those stats and, 'Okay, now we're actually producing 25% more useful consumer features.'" He said that the trade-off costs from AI are harder to justify because he can't draw a direct link. Earlier this month, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in an earnings call that Uber was slowing hiring to counter its investments in AI. Explore BI Games Take a smarter break in your day - and see how far you get. Macdonald added that AI can seem free if you're "just a user sitting there coming up with interesting use cases" without paying for it. But ultimately, the company foots the bill. While Big Tech is going hard on tokenmaxxing —using AI as much as possible — and evaluating employees by their AI usage, some companies are starting to go the other way. Duolingo, for instance, walked back its decision to include AI usage in performance reviews after employees asked whether they had to use AI for the sake of using it. "It felt like, rather than being held accountable for the actual outcome, we were trying to just push something that in some cases did not fit," Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn said in a podcast interview in April. Read next Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know Business Insider tells the innovative stories you want to know Vibes won't help your DIY-coded side hustle win Tiny island, big hustle Analog Ambition Chinese companies cracked the code on getting people at home hooked. Now, they're exporting that playbook globally. China turned livestreaming into a 24-hour sleepless hydra of a selling machine. Now the US is catching up. A fluffy, $85 toy is taking Asia by storm and sparking legions of knockoffs. Inside the meteoric rise of Labubu. Din Tai Fung's co-CEOs talk legacy, TikTok virality, and the art of making Americans fall in love with dumplings Uber Jump to Main content Search Account Jump to top of page Follow Following Every time publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox! Look out for an alert in your inbox the next time publishes a story! Every time a new story is published, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox! Look out for an alert in your inbox the next time a new story is published! By clicking “Sign up”, you agree to receive emails from Business Insider. In addition, you accept Insider’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.