AIHacker Noonabout 4 hours ago
AI Tokens Explained: Counting and Waste Prevention
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Tokens are text chunks AI models process, with common words costing one token and rare words splitting into more. Context windows limit conversation memory, causing older messages to drop off. Output tokens cost 3 to 6 times more than input tokens, making generation the expensive part.
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