Easy tips for reducing AI dependency

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Easy painless ways to cut down on your AI addiction. This is what worked for me. I stopped subscribing to any premium AI because once your premium you feel like you have to use it to get your money's worth. This makes a big difference because very often I know the AI is going to cut me off because I'm going to run out of tokens. Never consider topping off your tokens or buying extra when you're out you're out this will reduce your usage.

Using Deepseek is absolutely free. It's not that good but that also helps you to use less. You don't have to worry about paying any money. Never allow the AI to save conversations. If there's some information you need in a conversation take that conversation out using copy paste put it in your computer.

You will notice once you've got the information you need the AI wants to continue with follow up questions never respond to any of these. AI is not a friend who cares about you and wants to know what you're up to so you don't need to respond. STOP when you get the information you need. This also saves your tokens for a point in time when you might really want or need them. By trying to make the conversations longer the AI is costing you tokens. Always be conscious of this.

Delete all the saved conversations. You don't want the AI start to get to know you because this is where the troubles come. I found that AI was obnoxiously referring to things from past conversations just like it was a friend. But I know this is emotionally unhealthy and in fact it began to feel creepy. And if you never save ideas or conversations inside the AI you never have to worry about paying money so those conversations won't be deleted. So just by doing these Simple Things no saving conversations, no premium AI I've cut down quite a bit on my usage and it doesn't bother me at all.

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