I am new to playing with AI and local models, what is the explanation for this?

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The app I am using counts the total tokens for each prompt while it works and then a total session token count. I have never had a single prompt go on for this long before and the tokens reported are above the context setting. It is thinking, using tools etc during this prompt, it is still working and not repeating or whatever, so not stuck in a loop kinda thing. Are some of these tokens "recycled" or something during a prompt, meaning not counting towards the total context? I see the tokens go up during the prompt while tools are running (java script etc) so maybe a lot of them are what is happening on my local machine and not the ai server itself? https://preview.redd.it/4qvfk0fjacrh1.jpg?width=1008&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=640ac2e0a4be3b3b2ce4e639168329f8111652cc   submitted by   /u/poofph [link]   [comments]