Guided course · Curious Draft
What AI Costs
Chips, power and price per token, and why the price keeps falling while the bills keep rising.
A practical tour of the bill. You will learn to read a model’s price sheet, estimate a feature’s monthly bill before you build it, and see why the cost of a single answer keeps dropping.
3 parts · 9 lessons · about 30 minutes
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The route
Each part ends with a short check. Pass it and the next part opens, the same way chapters open in our online books.
Part 1
Paying by the token
- Reading a price sheet (Read)4 min
- Input, output, cached (Play)3 min
- Check yourself (Quiz)2 min
Part 2
The machine room
- One chip, one dinner plate (Read)5 min
- Where the power goes (Read)4 min
- Check yourself (Quiz)2 min
Opens after the part 1 check
Part 3
Why prices fall
- Smaller models, same answer (Read)5 min
- Watch a model type (Play)2 min
- Final check (Quiz)3 min
Opens after the part 2 check