What if we treated AI as a scarce resource?

Over the last few years, AI has become more ubiquitous and abundant seeming. We type, chat, generate, prompt to our heart's content.

But the reality is that we're using a highly subsidized resource that's feels unlimited but is highly constrained.

How would you change your approach to AI if you viewed it as a scarce, expensive, resource? What would you change about how you use it? Would you use it at all?

I'm looking forward to the conversation.