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A free workshop with Joe Che

The Quiet Epidemic

AI can help you build almost anything. What happens when you cannot stop building?

A 40-minute conversation about AI addiction, AI mania and AI hoarding, from someone who has been there.

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The line we tend to miss

When the habit makes you money,

nobody stages an intervention.

Joe Che • The Quiet Epidemic

What is inside

Three traps that can look like progress

  1. 01

    TRAP 01

    AI addiction

    One more prompt turns into another hour. The work is useful, which makes the boundary harder to see.

  2. 02

    TRAP 02

    AI mania

    You feel like you can build everything at once, while the things that matter most stay unfinished.

  3. 03

    TRAP 03

    AI hoarding

    You keep making brilliant tools for yourself and never find out whether they help anyone else.

Start wherever you are

You do not need to be technical

Watch the replay, then copy this into ChatGPT, Claude, or the AI assistant you already use. If you build with a coding assistant, the optional skills below can help make the boundary stick.

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Optional, for AI builders

Give your assistant a way to help

The workshop is complete without an install. If your assistant supports skills and you want a stronger guardrail, ask it to set up one or both. Check what each does before you install it.

01 / Notice the drift

Rabbit Hole

An advisory focus guard. It stays quiet until it notices drift, repeated loops, or fatigue, then asks whether this is still the work you chose. It does not block your work.

Rabbit HoleZIP archive · about 40 KB · latest versionDownload

Want your AI assistant to install it with you? Copy the prompt below. You can also read the source and installation guide first.

Rabbit Hole installation prompt
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02 / Give ideas a place to land

Kite Mode

A deliberate idea window you open when your mind wants to fly. It captures ideas for later, then reels you back to the task you chose instead of turning every thought into a new project.

Kite ModeZIP archive · about 27 KB · latest versionDownload

Want your AI assistant to install it with you? Copy the prompt below. You can also read the source and installation guide first.

Kite Mode installation prompt
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Take it with you

One thing to do this week

Pick one thing you built that only you use. Show it to one other person. Ask whether it actually helps them. Then close the laptop and spend some time with someone you care about.