What is a Token? | Text vs Image Cost Explained In 2 Mins!

You see words and pictures. AI sees numbers. In just 2 minutes, we use the Open AI Tokenizer tool (https://platform.openai.com/tokenizer) to visualize exactly What is a Token? We break down the hidden Token IDs behind every word, and reveal the massive cost difference between Text and Images. Did you know that describing a picture in text is often 20x cheaper than uploading the image itself? In this video, you will learn: -The Visualizer: A live look at how AI chops text into colored chunks. -The ID System: How "Apple" becomes "15496." -The Multimodal Math: Why one image equals ~1,000 text …