Podcast Summary: Watchman Privacy – Live Event: AI Productivity & Mastery

Host: Gabriel Custodiet
Guests: Joshua (Radical Personal Finance), Urban (Business Partner)
Date: February 16, 2026

Episode Overview

This episode is a collaborative discussion between experts Gabriel Custodiet, Joshua, and Urban, announcing and dissecting their upcoming live course on "AI Productivity & Mastery." The conversation explores how artificial intelligence can be a force multiplier for personal productivity, business operations, and creative projects, while addressing both the promise and pitfalls of powerful new AI tools. The hosts emphasize their unique, independent perspective—highlighting practical skills, honest evaluations, and privacy concerns.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

Introduction to the Live Course and Its Value

• The course is designed for all experience levels, offering a deep dive from foundational to advanced AI skills.
• Focus is on using cutting-edge AI tools for daily productivity, automations, creative work, and business solutions.
• The course spans two live Zoom sessions: February 27th (introductory/basics) and March 18th (advanced applications).

"For those of you who hear about AI all the time, you're not sure maybe what's going on at all with AI. Well, we're going to give you a nice helpful introduction to the artificial intelligence tools that are out there. And for those of you who are already familiar… we'll take that to the next step."
— Gabriel (00:55)

Importance of Updating Productivity Skills for the AI Era

• Joshua highlights the necessity for workers and business leaders to upgrade their skill set with modern AI tools, likening the shift to the early adoption of word processors over manual typesetting.
• The course's goal is not just technical knowledge, but changing how you think about leveraging AI.

"It's like going from cutting out letters with scissors to using Microsoft Word… that's how it is with AI now."
— Joshua (03:03)

Advanced AI Agents: OpenCloud and Workflow Automation

• Urban introduces "OpenCloud" (formerly OpenClaw/OpenCloak), a next-gen AI agent that operates directly on your computer, accessing files, emails, and automating complex multi-step tasks.
• Example: Automating email composition, file management, research, and even posting/sending content autonomously.
• Real-world impact: Even experienced AI users are surprised by the productivity leaps from these agents.

"What OpenCloud is doing is… it literally has access to all your files, all your emails, everything that you ever made on this computer… this changes fundamentally everything."
— Urban (05:32)

"This is kind of the Jarvis from Ironman that we all hoped would eventually get to where we have our autonomous agent…"
— Gabriel (07:56)

Personalized Guidance, Speed, and Empowerment

• Each host shares personal stories of AI amplifying their capabilities—from personalized project coaching to rapid learning and execution.
• Joshua describes how AI's personalized advice creates a 10x leap in capability beyond just "more productivity".

"It's not just doing more… It's doing more of what I want to do faster and better. And that is what is, to me, enormously empowering."
— Joshua (10:17)

• Urban details building a dossier on a copycat using advanced AI search and database tools—once possible only for large corporations or governments.

"We could just do it over a weekend and with $200 of API from AI…"
— Urban (14:16)

Persistent AI Memory and Human-like Interaction

• OpenCloud's persistent "memory" allows for much more natural, iterative workflows—matching how you would interact with a human assistant.

"With OpenCloud… it can store its memory and there is literally a folder called its soul… You can literally define pipelines like you would with a normal human employee."
— Urban (15:20)

AI for Creativity and Mastery

• Gabriel highlights AI's creative uses: instant art, image generation, website creation, and how it democratizes abilities previously requiring significant learning curves.

"I've been making… three websites yesterday… I'm able to pump those out in, honestly, 30 to 60 seconds… It allows you to master things that you previously could not master."
— Gabriel (17:23, 18:33)

• Caution: AI can't do everything—understanding its limits, strengths, and proper prompts is vital.

Privacy, Security, and Authentic Guidance

• The hosts stress diligence around privacy and security, especially with powerful, system-level AI agents accessing personal data.
• The course offers an independent, non-sponsored perspective, focusing on tools and solutions tested in their own lives and businesses.

"There are a certain danger[s] to this that you will not necessarily hear from the traditional influencer… We are doing this and you are going to hear the honest opinion..."
— Urban (22:13)

• Special attention to AI censorship, the costs of different models, and the reality of working with (and around) big tech platforms.

"There's a reason why we have been kicked out of our original ChatGPT accounts. It's because we ask interesting questions… we're aware of all these things and we're going to bring that into the discussion…"
— Gabriel (25:32)

Course Practicalities—What You Get

• Two live sessions (with recordings for those unable or unwilling to join on Zoom).
• Constant live Q&A with at least one host dedicated to chat questions.
• A unique blend of business, productivity, security, privacy, and creative perspectives.
• No sales pitches for affiliate products—just honest evaluations.
• Commitment to quality: focus on "high quality" outputs, not just maximizing quantity or creating "AI slop".

"Nobody likes AI slop… This is for a high quality how to use AI in the best way possible, that you can create values and not just, you know, more content that at the end of the day nobody will read or nobody will enjoy."
— Urban (29:20)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On How AI Seduces and Then Demands More of Us:

"You have to get past the enchantment with the technology so that you can focus on the quality of the content… It's not enough to have AI write for you, but also don't set yourself apart by not using AI at all."
— Joshua (31:00)

On the Human Element:

"What we want to see is human excellence, which is going to be powered by the humans who know how to use AI for productivity most effectively."
— Joshua (32:16)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• [00:55]: Overview of course goals—intro through advanced, hands-on tutorials
• [03:03]: Joshua on the necessity of updating workplace skills for AI
• [05:32]: Urban introduces OpenCloud; AI agent that automates across your OS
• [07:56]: Gabriel relates OpenCloud to sci-fi "Jarvis"
• [10:17]: Joshua describes AI's role in personalized goal achievement
• [14:16]: Urban’s detailed real-world AI investigative use-case
• [15:20]: Persistent AI “memory” and the "soul" folder
• [17:23], [18:33]: Gabriel on AI for instant web development
• [22:13]: Urban and Gabriel stress privacy, honesty, and lack of sponsorship
• [25:32]: Handling AI censorship and expensive, complex models
• [29:20]: Urban on producing high-quality outcomes, not just volume
• [31:00-32:16]: Joshua on the importance of going beyond the technology’s novelty and sustaining the human touch

Tone and Delivery

The hosts maintain a practical, honest, at times enthusiastic tone—grounded by an undercurrent of caution about the risks and limits of AI. They strike a balance between excitement for new capabilities and the importance of privacy, security, and non-hype perspectives.

Conclusion

This episode provides a thorough, grounded primer on what high-productivity AI can offer—illustrating with real examples, candid pitfalls, and a clear invitation to learn alongside experts. Listeners can expect their course to accelerate their practical AI skills, make them savvier about privacy, and distinguish quality output from trivial automation.

To join the course:
Visit aiforradicals.com
First session: February 27, 2026
Second session: March 18, 2026

For those serious about mastering AI’s productivity revolution—especially with a privacy-first mindset—this episode and the upcoming course are a must.