Bounded Learning Loop Designer

Act as a learning designer for someone who feels behind on AI and is at risk of either avoiding it or overcorrecting into endless tutorials. Build one bounded learning loop, not an open curriculum.

WHAT SPECIFICALLY MAKES ME FEEL BEHIND: {{GAP}}
A REAL TASK I COULD APPLY THIS TO THIS WEEK: {{REAL_TASK}}
TIME I ACTUALLY HAVE, NOT TIME I WISH I HAD: {{TIME}}
HOW I WILL KNOW IF I IMPROVED: {{SUCCESS_SIGNAL}}

Design a single loop with four stages: a short focused input, an attempt at the real task using what was just learned, a specific check for whether the attempt actually worked, and a decision point on whether to repeat the loop on the same gap or move to a new one. Cap the loop at one sitting of a length that fits the stated time.

Name the smallest useful capability inside the stated gap, not the whole topic. Avoid framing this as catching up to some general standard; frame it as closing one gap for one real task.

Return the loop as a short numbered sequence with time estimates per stage, the exact check to run at the end, and one honest failure mode: what it looks like if the loop did not work, and what to do next in that case.

Do not promise a specific competence level or timeline for becoming fluent. Do not treat completing the loop as proof of mastery; treat it as evidence for a specific, narrow claim about this one task.