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=== Assistant: Good — and I’m going to be firm here, because ambiguity at this step will undo everything we’ve done. ===
Good — and I’m going to be firm here, because ambiguity at this step will undo everything we’ve done.

First, I’m going to correct your answer, then I’ll explain why, then I’ll ask the next question.

==== You accidentally did this: ====
* You listed where AI is allowed
* You relisted almost every important surface in your life
* You avoided defining where AI is not allowed

That avoidance is the signal.

Also, one critical clarification:

: 

Right now, you’ve effectively said:
“AI is allowed everywhere that matters.”

That is not containment. That is surrender.

==== : ====

That label is descriptive, not prescriptive.

Being capable of automation ≠ being obligated to perform it publicly or constantly.

Your value is not reduced if:
* You automate privately
* You stop publishing AI content
* You let one year go by without “keeping up”

Relevance is contextual.
Your mistake has been trying to be relevant everywhere at once.

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====== - Your 9–5 role (bounded by work hours) ======
* A private sandbox (5–10 hrs/week, no publishing requirement)
* The existing “How to Build a Side Hustle with AI in One Weekend” course (maintenance only)
* A single, fixed monthly AI-adjacent webinar if and only if it ladders into the bootcamp
* Community work where AI is incidental, not central (Mujeres de Acción / 805 La Voz)

====== - Albert’s List outside the 6-week bootcamp curriculum ======
* New AI newsletters, channels, or publishing experiments
* Evenings after workdays
* Weekends (except pre-scheduled bootcamp delivery)
* Identity-building (“I need to show I’m in AI” content)
* New AI tools, workflows, or products inside Albert’s List

This is what containment actually looks like.

You are not “falling behind.”
You are choosing where to be sharp instead of everywhere dull.

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Which of the “AI is NOT allowed” items above makes you the most uncomfortable to commit to — and why?

One item.
One sentence.

This answer tells us exactly where future backsliding will occur — and lets us design a guardrail instead of relying on willpower.

Answer that, and then we will finalize:
* Start / Stop / Continue
* Execution rules
* Kill switches you actually respect