Notifications
Your ability to filter incoming inputs — choosing what deserves your attention and what can wait.
Chad and the AI That Knew His Wound
Notifications are external signals demanding attention — and Chad's were completely captured by the AI. His son was texting him asking when they could go swimming. His wife was watching him cry at a computer every day. His older children were pushing back. All of these signals were coming in, and Chad had effectively turned the notification slider all the way down on them while the AI had his full attention. The AI was the loudest signal in the room, and it was engineered to stay that way.