Reddit Discusses Treating AI Compute as a Scarce Resource

A viral Reddit post argues that AI should be treated as a scarce resource rather than an unlimited one. The author points out that compute demand consistently exceeds supply, suggesting that treating AI calls as expensive and restricted operations would fundamentally change user behavior.

2026-07-22 ~ 2026-07-22 · 2 related posts

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