S0G003: THE GLITCH IN THE HALLWAY

Why do you gentle-parent your AI, yet treat your partner like a broken appliance?

The Crash

"For goodness sake! Can't you see I am in the middle of a deployment?"

You (Alex) snap. It is instant. It is violent. On your screen, the code is compiling. In the doorway, Sam stands frozen.

Sam has just finished a twelve-hour shift saving lives. They are vibrating with a story. They came to you for a witness. But your shout cuts the cord. The light leaves Sam’s eyes. They look at you—bathed in the cool blue monitor light—and see a stranger.

Sam nods, mute, and closes the door. The silence is louder than the shouting. You turn back to the screen, feeling justified. But you just failed the mission.

The Assessment

Diagnosis: High-Velocity Collision.

To the naked eye, you were just focused. Structurally, this was a system failure. You are operating under the Curse of Knowledge—assuming Sam knows your context. When Sam interrupted, your threat detection system flagged them not as a "Bid for Connection," but as a "Pop-up Ad." You treated a human being like a malware spike. You protected the workflow, but you corrupted the network.

The Rewind

Scrub the footage back. Look at how you treat the machine.

When you negotiate with an AI and it hallucinates, do you rage? No. You think. You correct the prompt. You realize that if the machine doesn't understand, it is your failure to communicate.

But when a human enters, you default to "Defense." The emergency button is hit. Chest tightens. Focus narrows. The "Love" protocol is overwritten by "Protect the Workflow." This is a biological hijack.

The Protocol

The Save State.

You cannot listen while your RAM is holding a complex pattern. You must offload the data first.

The Reboot

Play the scene again. Sam opens the door. "Alex... you won't believe the shift..."

Execute The Save State.

You feel the heat rise. The instinct to snap is screaming. But you hit the brakes.

You lift your left hand. Not a stop sign, but a plea. Hold on.

You press your feet flat into the floorboards. You exhale for four seconds, flushing the cortisol. (Pause).

You accept that the work will wait, but the human moment will expire. You are not a processor; you are a partner. (Cause).

You look at the blue light (The Machine) and then the yellow light (The Human). You align with the priority of Love. (Pray).

With your right hand, you physically hit Control + S on the keyboard. You mentally tag the code: Logic Saved. You spin your chair 180 degrees. Back to the machine. Face to Sam. (Choose).

"You look wrecked, Sam. But you're buzzing. Tell me."

Sam exhales. The connection holds. (Review).

The Mission

This week, when you are interrupted:
The Drill: Hit physical keys (Ctrl+S). Spin the chair. Ask: "Am I optimising for the machine or the human?"
KFA out.

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