Feeling guilty every time you open a chatbot? You're not alone—and there's a better way to make peace with your AI use than white-knuckling your way through the guilt every single time.

In this episode, I'm joined by Amelia Hruby, who left social media years ago and has now spent a year completely off generative AI. We're getting into the parallels between social media and AI, why she wrote a formal AI policy for her business, and how you can create your own.

If you've been feeling torn about how to use AI in your business (or whether to use it at all), this conversation gives you a clear, values-driven framework instead of more noise.

Amelia Hruby is a feminist writer, teacher, and podcaster with a PhD in philosophy. She's the founder of Softer Sounds podcast studio and the host of Off the Grid, a podcast about leaving social media. Her new book, Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media, is out now.

Click play to learn:

• How to craft an ethical AI policy for yourself, your clients, and your collaborators
• Key (easy-to-miss) things to consider before adding AI to any part of your business
• Why Amelia chose to practice a year of "GPT sobriety"
• The difference between assistive, generative, and agentic AI and why it matters
• How to protect client confidentiality and intellectual property when using AI
• A simple script to get consent before using AI on a call, in a review, or with client materials

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