Surging Token Costs Force AI User to Give Up Starbucks to Save Money
yacineMTB · x · 2026-08-04
AI researcher yacineMTB complained that his LLM token costs have ballooned drastically, forcing him to give up Starbucks to afford tokens. He also shared a bizarre conversation where he used Codex to review his credit card statements, perfectly illustrating the expensive reality of heavy AI users.
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