AI Consumption Is A Terrible Success Metric: For The Best AI Outcomes, Go Back To Basics

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It’s time to stop chasing tokens and endless AI pilots and start walking backward from real business metrics.

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2026-09-17 13:45 · Forbes AI
AI Consumption Is A Terrible Success Metric: For The Best AI Outcomes, Go Back To Basics

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