Makes total sense, AI images are higher resolution than classical pictures (which are limited by the dexterity of the painter), so you’re basically getting 11.67 pictures in each.
Pricing is linear with tokens even though actual cost per token is quadratic. That means the pricing is some approximate curve fitting relating to expected use. I would be curious about where the actual cost curve for tokens intersects the actual cost curve for a single image.
We have finally solved an age old problem in philosophy:
Gemini 3 pro is 1.2 cents per thousand tokens.
Gemini 3 pro image is 13.4 cents per image.
Therefore an image is worth 11167 words, not 1000 as the classicists would have it.
A single token is ~0.75 words, so it’s more like an image is worth 8375 words.
Makes total sense, AI images are higher resolution than classical pictures (which are limited by the dexterity of the painter), so you’re basically getting 11.67 pictures in each.
Pricing is linear with tokens even though actual cost per token is quadratic. That means the pricing is some approximate curve fitting relating to expected use. I would be curious about where the actual cost curve for tokens intersects the actual cost curve for a single image.
Gotta account for wordflation since the old days. Might have been 1000 back then
Ah, but I can embed 11168 words in an image!