# Agents consume 10-40x more tokens than humans

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2026-02-24
- **Theme:** AI Agents — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/ai-agents/
- **Source:** LIVE from NEARCON Day 1 In SF (The Rollup)
- **Watch at:** 03:12:18 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ93LgM1N-o&t=11538s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/ai-agents/2026-02-24-agents-consume-10-40x-more-tokens-than-humans-5cnf/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Agents consume 10-40x more tokens than humans," LIVE from NEARCON Day 1 In SF (The Rollup), 24 Feb 2026, 03:12:18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ93LgM1N-o&t=11538s

## Quote — verbatim

> Agents take anywhere from 10 to 40x more tokens than a normal human beings, because agents can do things that normal human beings find it hard to do.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His core demand-side argument for why the compute/energy shortage compounds; he runs ~10 always-on agents in his own house.