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The Hidden Taxes of Prompt-Only AI
Community description: Part 8 of the Building the AI Memory Stack series Over the past seven articles we've built an...
Dev.to | Sep 15, 2026 | Ken W Alger
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Every additional token competes for attention. Expanding a prompt may reduce retrieval work while increasing Context Tax. AI architecture adds another economic dimension: attention.
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