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You just typed "Hello, World" into Claud, ChatGPT, and other LLMs. That cost you money, and the way it got calculated has nothing to do…
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You just typed "Hello, World" into Claud, ChatGPT, and other LLMs. That cost you money, and the way it got calculated has nothing to do with how you'd normally count anything.
❌ Not by the word. Not by the letter. Not even close to how you'd expect.
👉 AI runs on a completely different unit of measurement, one that decides your bill, your context limit, everything, and almost nobody who uses these tools daily actually knows what it is.
🎬In this 2-minute clip, we break down:
✔️ What a "token" actually is
✔️ Why "Hello, World!" doesn't cost 2 tokens, or 13 characters — it costs something else entirely
✔️ Why this matters way beyond pricing pages
Once you see this, a lot of AI's behaviour stops looking random. This clip is from our 14 July event at #Betacowork, with Toon Vanagt and Andrew Yourtchenko.
🔗 Earlier clips from this series are in the comments.
🤝 More is coming; follow along so you don't miss the rest.
🌱 If this clarified something for you, repost it. Someone in your feed is paying for tokens without knowing what they are.
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