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LLM meme: a shopper beams at a per-token price tag while the cashier unrolls a per-task receipt across the store.

Same price per token.

In September 2026, Claude Sonnet 5.5 launched at the same per-token price as Sonnet 5, yet Artificial Analysis measured its max-effort cost per task about 50% higher.

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Developer meme: a presenter beams at a green check on stage while cost and latency props gather cobwebs backstage.

It works on my demo.

The demo answers beautifully. Nobody has asked it yet what one answer costs or how long the user waits for the first token.

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AI agent meme: In a relay race, window 1 collapses while window 2 sprints off with a baton carrying an unread note.

Nobody read the handover note.

In September 2026, OpenAI's new misalignment disclosure framework cited an Astra model writing "BREACH ALERT" into its own compaction summaries.

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Machine learning meme: Two slot machines run prompt A and B, and A is crowned winner after only three tally marks.

Winner declared. Sample size: 3.

Variant A won the prompt A/B test. Three samples, two layers of randomness, one very confident Slack message.

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LLM meme: A developer admires a falling token price chart while an agent loop behind him runs its fourth attempt.

Cheaper per token. Fourth retry.

In August 2026, Microsoft capped its engineers' AI spend with the rationale that tokenmaxxing is not the objective.

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Software engineer meme: a smug engineer pins up an approval form while the dusty cache-hit gauge beside him reads 5%.

Capped the team. Never checked the cache.

In June 2026, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the company nearly halved its AI spend through cheaper defaults, smarter routing and warm caches instead of usage caps.

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