What is a token in AI?
A token is a small chunk of text, often a short word or part of a word, that an AI reads and writes. AI limits and prices are counted in tokens.
In real life
Like building bricks: the AI builds every sentence from small standard pieces rather than whole words.
Try it yourself
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What the AI reads
- The
- cat
- sat
- on
- the
- mat
- .
- Words
- 6
- Tokens
- 7
- Characters
- 23
Short, common words are usually one token. Long or unusual words, numbers and punctuation split into more pieces. A dot (·) shows a token that starts with a space. This is a simplified version for learning: real AI tools split text slightly differently, but limits and prices are counted the same way, in tokens.
Where you will use this
- Track 1, lesson 7: Settings that matterComing soon
- Module 7: Product and business words (pricing)Coming soon
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