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Prompt Pad: What Are Tokens?

Your AI doesn't read your prompt word for word. It reads tokens . In this episode of Prompt Pad , @rosendo_pili explains tokens, the atomic units of text that an AI actually reads and calculates. The tip in a nutshell Before an AI reads your prompt, your text is converted into numbers using a proce…

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  1. 2026-11-12 20:34 · DEV Community — AI
    Prompt Pad: What Are Tokens?

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