A bit ago at work, our IT dept announced we had blown through the month's budget for AI usage in two weeks. And today people were complaining about hitting rate limits based on the billing. And someone chimed in with what sounded to me like nonsense, talking about how the switch to token billing is lot more constrained, and we would have to get better at token optimization and compaction.

I don't pretend to understand the current trends in AI usage, because I don't care to understand them. But I really wanted to chime in with, "So managing your AI bill is the only skill you're gaining while using it and research suggests you're actively depreciating your other skills?" I don't imagine that would have gone well.