The winning personal AI agent will probably be less butler, more bouncer. Guard the attention budget, kill dopamine spam, route the important stuff, let the human go outside.

I don’t take my phone with me when I go out for a run or walk. And when going to the supermarket, I often leave my phone in the car. If it feels weird, and if you’re old enough, it helps to try and remember what it was like in old days before smartphones or any cell phones.