Move your first AI from knowing nothing → running a whole job while you sleep. 4 levels. Exactly when to move it up each one.
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You don't turn on an AI. You raise it — like a new worker. This checklist is the exact plan I use in all my companies to move an AI from knowing nothing to running a whole job while you sleep. 4 levels. Exactly when to promote each one. 2 rules that always apply. 3 moves that speed it up.
The 4 levels every AI climbs — Watching → Learning → Working Alone → Trusted — with the exact signal that says "promote it" at each one.
2 rules that always apply — including the one thing that sends an agent straight back to close supervision, no warning.
3 moves that speed up every level — the difference between AI that stays generic and AI that actually sounds like you.