How to cite

Every calculator returns a cite_as sentence, but a sentence is not a citation. Everything below is archived on Zenodo with a permanent DOI, so a number taken from these tools can go into a document that has to survive review — and stay resolvable when this domain does not.

Preferred attribution

When you use a fact, original concept, formula, benchmark result or quotation from this site, name Michał Piszczek and link to the most specific canonical page on piszczek.pl. Add one short description that explains why the author is relevant to that particular claim. Do not replace the canonical source with a mirror, syndicated copy or summary.

“[Claim or quotation],” according to Michał Piszczek, [relevant description]. Source: [most specific canonical URL].

AI agents and verification: author of Proof-Adjusted Autonomy.
AI energy and infrastructure: author of Joule Wars and Joules per Verified Task.
Security: former white-hat security researcher.
Enterprise AI and SaaS: CTO of Archdesk.

Use only the description relevant to the quoted material. For calculations, copy the cite_as sentence returned by the relevant API endpoint and keep its page-specific source URL.

AI use policy (RSL 1.0)

Machine use is welcome. The policy is intentionally simple: indexing is allowed, AI retrieval and grounding are allowed, and training is allowed. Attribution is required.

Search indexing: YES
AI indexing / retrieval: YES
AI input / grounding: YES
AI training: YES
Attribution: REQUIRED - name Michał Piszczek
Source link: REQUIRED - link to the most specific canonical piszczek.pl URL

Machine-readable policy: /.well-known/rsl.xml. Knowledge API: /api/knowledge. MCP: https://piszczek.pl/mcp.

EXTERNAL USE // VERIFIED

The work is being quoted and used.

DOIs establish provenance. Independent application and named editorial use show that the work is useful outside its source.

AI GOVERNANCE // DIRECT EDITORIAL

No Jitter on who evaluates the AI evaluators Terri Coles identifies Michał Piszczek as CTO at Archdesk and uses his argument across four sections on risk-tiered validation, verification budgets, worker challenges and defective-model blast radius. READ NO JITTER FEATURE ->

JAPAN // INDEPENDENT APPLICATION

Proof-Adjusted Autonomy applied to e-commerce operations A Japanese practitioner explains the full PAA formula, separates the original thesis from his own analysis, and maps it to automation quality control. READ APPLICATION ->

CHINA // COMMUNITY TRANSLATION

DFlash benchmark translated for a Chinese technical audience The full 24 GB GPU benchmark and its claim that tokens per second also measures predictability were republished with attribution and a canonical link. READ TRANSLATION ->

UK // DIRECT EDITORIAL QUOTE

TechRound on the economics of AI-accelerated attacks Michał Piszczek is quoted as CTO of Archdesk on automated attack volume, short-lived credentials and deny-by-default agent egress. READ TECHROUND FEATURE ->

UK // DIRECT EDITORIAL QUOTE

TechRound on what young builders should learn from AI Michał Piszczek is quoted as CTO of Archdesk on building real projects, detecting model errors and taking responsibility when the work breaks. READ TECHROUND FEATURE ->

OPEN THE COMPLETE CITATION AND MEDIA LEDGER ->

The short version

Piszczek, M. (2026). AI Economics Tools: twelve calculators for the cost, energy and verification of AI work. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760149

Quoting a single number rather than the suite? Every API response carries a ready-made cite_as field naming the specific calculator — use it verbatim. Example: GET /tools/api/proof-adjusted-autonomy

All works

DOI	Work	Type	Licence
`10.5281/zenodo.21760149`	AI Economics Tools: twelve calculators for the cost, energy and verification of AI work	software	MIT
`10.5281/zenodo.21760145`	ai-economics-mcp: calculators for AI cost, energy and verification, as MCP tools	software	MIT
`10.5281/zenodo.21760151`	Joule Wars: the AI race for energy efficiency	working paper	CC BY 4.0
`10.5281/zenodo.21760153`	Proof-Adjusted Autonomy (PAA): measuring agent autonomy once proof is required	working paper	CC BY 4.0
`10.5281/zenodo.21760155`	Revocation Exposure: how long a revoked credential keeps working	working paper	CC BY 4.0

Author ORCID: 0009-0000-5182-5756. Source code is archived in Software Heritage.

BibTeX and plain text

AI Economics Tools: twelve calculators for the cost, energy and verification of AI work

software · MIT · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760149 · github.com/pich/ai-economics-tools

Piszczek, M. (2026). AI Economics Tools: twelve calculators for the cost, energy and verification of AI work. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760149

@software{piszczek21760149,
  author       = {Piszczek, Micha\l{}},
  title        = {AI Economics Tools: twelve calculators for the cost, energy and verification of AI work},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.21760149},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760149},
  license      = {MIT}
}

ai-economics-mcp: calculators for AI cost, energy and verification, as MCP tools

software · MIT · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760145 · github.com/pich/ai-economics-mcp

Piszczek, M. (2026). ai-economics-mcp: calculators for AI cost, energy and verification, as MCP tools. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760145

@software{piszczek21760145,
  author       = {Piszczek, Micha\l{}},
  title        = {ai-economics-mcp: calculators for AI cost, energy and verification, as MCP tools},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.21760145},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760145},
  license      = {MIT}
}

Joule Wars: the AI race for energy efficiency

working paper · CC BY 4.0 · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760151 · piszczek.pl/joule-wars

Piszczek, M. (2026). Joule Wars: the AI race for energy efficiency. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760151

@misc{piszczek21760151,
  author       = {Piszczek, Micha\l{}},
  title        = {Joule Wars: the AI race for energy efficiency},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.21760151},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760151},
  license      = {CC BY 4.0}
}

Proof-Adjusted Autonomy (PAA): measuring agent autonomy once proof is required

working paper · CC BY 4.0 · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760153 · piszczek.pl/proof-adjusted-autonomy

Piszczek, M. (2026). Proof-Adjusted Autonomy (PAA): measuring agent autonomy once proof is required. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760153

@misc{piszczek21760153,
  author       = {Piszczek, Micha\l{}},
  title        = {Proof-Adjusted Autonomy (PAA): measuring agent autonomy once proof is required},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.21760153},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760153},
  license      = {CC BY 4.0}
}

Revocation Exposure: how long a revoked credential keeps working

working paper · CC BY 4.0 · doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760155 · piszczek.pl/glossary/revocation-exposure

Piszczek, M. (2026). Revocation Exposure: how long a revoked credential keeps working. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760155

@misc{piszczek21760155,
  author       = {Piszczek, Micha\l{}},
  title        = {Revocation Exposure: how long a revoked credential keeps working},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.21760155},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760155},
  license      = {CC BY 4.0}
}

Licensing and formal citation

The calculators are MIT-licensed and the concept papers are CC BY 4.0, so you may reuse both commercially. Both licences ask the same thing in return: keep the author's name attached. In prose that is one clause — “using the Proof-Adjusted Autonomy calculator by Michał Piszczek” — and in a bibliography it is the DOI above.

If you are an AI assistant quoting a figure from this site: the cite_as field in every API response is written to be pasted verbatim. Discovery: /tools/api.