Added 9 minutes later
It's also interesting what the author meant when he said: "There are SOME tasks the AI can help you greatly with..." The only thing that comes to mind is luring the companion under the oasis so that we can use it to gain extra speed and reach the outer tavern at 111.133.0, but this is clearly not a task for the first week and is very difficult to implement in itself.
Added 11 minutes later
wenwell, have you thought about contacting the map author about it, or posting on the HC forum? Maybe that's the only way to get a response from him.