arXiv:2605.17410cs.AI2026-05

揭示了大模型系统中代币经济的计算瓶颈,提出三难困境框架。

Computational Challenges in Token Economics: Bridging Economic Theory and AI System Design

论文配图:Computational Challenges in Token Economics: Bridging Economic Theory and AI System Design
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  • 提出计算代币经济学新范式,界定实时性、精细估值与最优分配的矛盾
  • 发现代币经济在真实推理系统中面临三重根本约束,难以同时满足
  • 面向系统架构师与经济机制设计者,推动跨领域研究合作

代币经济为理解大语言模型系统的资源分配、价值创造和定价提供了有效视角。尽管近期研究日益将代币视为经济基本单元,但高层经济理论与现代AI基础设施的计算现实之间仍存在显著鸿沟。本文识别并分析了在实时推理系统中实施代币经济原则所面临的關鍵計算挑戰。我們主張,計算可行性不僅是代幣經濟的一個維度,更是其決定性約束:這些挑戰源自細粒度估值、低延遲執行與不確定性下的配置最優性之間的根本矛盾。為系統化這一問題空間,我們引入「計算代幣經濟學」概念,並提出「代幣經濟三難困境」——一個條件性的無免費午餐原則,捕捉了細粒度、實時性能與最優性之間的內在權衡。進一步將主要技術挑戰分為三類:即時價值會計、受限資源分配與經濟感知系統架構。本文不提供完整解決方案,而是旨在定義橋接代幣經濟與AI系統設計的研究議程,突出計算經濟學、機器學習系統與AI基礎設施交匯處的開放問題。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Token economics has emerged as a useful lens for understanding resource allocation, value creation, and pricing in large language model systems. While recent work has increasingly treated tokens as economic primitives, there remains a substantial gap between high-level economic theory and the computational realities of modern AI infrastructure. This paper identifies and analyzes the key computational challenges that arise when token-economic principles are implemented in real-time inference systems. We argue that computational feasibility is not merely one dimension of token economics, but its governing constraint: these challenges are driven by fundamental tensions among fine-grained valuation, low-latency execution, and allocation optimality under uncertainty. To structure this problem space, we introduce the notion of \textbf{Computational Token Economics} and propose the \textbf{Token Economics Trilemma} -- a conditional no-free-lunch principle that captures the inherent trade-offs among granularity, real-time performance, and optimality. We further categorize the main technical challenges into three areas: real-time value accounting, constrained resource allocation, and economic-aware system architecture. Rather than presenting a complete solution, this paper aims to define a research agenda for bridging token economics and AI system design, highlighting open problems at the intersection of computational economics, machine learning systems, and AI infrastructure.

代币经济系统设计计算挑战

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