I can't go back to a life without AI, and I don't want to. But if AI were billed by token instead of subscription, my monthly cost would probably be ten times what it is now. I could switch to a Chinese model, but I'm not sure how things will look by then.
What makes AI so convenient is how good it is at doing red-team code reviews on my work. I used to need all this unnecessary communication just to get a review, but now I only have to reach out to the people I actually want to talk to.