Bragging about burning $30k in tokens for one AI video is the new social media flex
AIandDesign · x · 2026-09-19
AIandDesign notes a new social media trend: flexing how much you spent on tokens to create an AI video. Burning $30k in inference costs for a single clip is becoming the latest status symbol in AI circles.
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