# Tokens Are Becoming a Factor of Production by Bryant McGill > “Tokens are becoming a factor of production, and a firm's output will increasingly depend on how much intelligence it can buy, not only on how many people it can hire.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Original authored source:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]], “IV. Cheap Intelligence and Expensive Intelligence” (September 28, 2026). - **Exact marked source:** “Tokens are becoming a factor of production, and a firm's output will increasingly depend on how much intelligence it can buy, not only on how many people it can hire.” - **Editorial treatment:** The Reminder reproduces the complete marked extraction without alteration. - **Context:** The passage develops [[wiki/AI Economy|AI Economy]] inside the article's argument that energy, industry, intelligence, institutions and citizen adoption form one vertically integrated system of national power. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/US-Israel Leadership Alliance|US–Israel Leadership Alliance]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Superpower|AI Superpower]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI Economy|AI Economy]] - [[wiki/Compute Dollar|Compute Dollar]] - [[wiki/Economics|Economics]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Tokens are becoming a factor of production, and a firm's output will increasingly depend on how much intelligence it can buy, not only on how many people it can hire.” — Bryant McGill, Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-tokens-factor-production ```