Spending $230 on a Physical Knob to Adjust Token Rates
ctjlewis · x · 2026-07-16
A reshared post jokes that you can spend $230 to buy a physical knob from OpenAI to control your monthly token spend, even though you could just as easily do the exact same thing with a mouse.
The final remark playfully calls this piece of hardware a realization of "tool shaped objects," with the punchline being a satirical take on AI monetization and skeuomorphic products.
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