# AI agents use 5x more tokens than humans as cached prompts explode, headed for 10x — agents are mostly rereading what they've already seen, skyrocketing KV cache demand threatens already-worsening RAM shortages

> Futurum Group CEO Daniel Newman wrote in an X post that “AI is currently used by AI 5x more than it is used by humans. That number will accelerate to 10x and then higher and higher.

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/futurum-ceo-says-agents-use-ai-5x-more-than-humans-number-will-eventually-hit-10x-but-agents-are-mostly-rereading-what-theyve-already-seen?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6ac11c063e3c6ec3c5445ede)
- **Published:** 2026-10-03
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #ai
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