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		jstummbillig 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zed's Pricing Has Changed: LLM Usage Is Now Token-... Why this instead of cpu/gpu time?

antiframe 3 months ago | [–]

CPU/GPU time is opaque to me before I send my data, but tokens I can count before I decide to send it. That means I can verify the metering. With CPU time I send the data and then the company says "That cost X CPU units, which is $500".

typpilol 3 months ago | [–]

I'm assuming token count and usage is pretty closely tied

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