Gosia Wajchert saw the dependency problem coming - and named the fix China just made law
In Episode 5, the conversation turned to devices that read your mood, and Gosia went straight to what worried her about it: "my worry is [you become] too addicted to the technology, that you go for everything… because it's so easy." Her answer wasn't to ban it. It was limits and settings: "if you have enough strength to kind of put a limit into it — or have those settings." Her warning lands the week China's companion rules take effect.
What it actually means
That's now not a personal virtue, it's a legal requirement. China's rules mandate exactly the thing Gosia said users would need the strength to do themselves — usage-time limits, exit mechanisms, dependency detection — and put the burden on the builder instead of the user. The shift is worth naming: for two years the industry's answer to AI dependency was "users should self-regulate." A regulator has now decided that's the product's job. If your assistant is designed to be missed, you're the one who has to build the off-switch.
If your assistant is designed to be missed, you're the one who has to build the off-switch.
Source: Brew Bytes — Episode 5, Gosia Wajchert · Tuesday 14 July 2026