A Public Service Announcement for AI Operators
Two Projects Start the Same
One Blooms · One Dies
The difference is 950 tokens of plain text
With AIST Protocol
🌱
Seed Planted
SESSION 01
New project. Full context window. Boundless potential.
100% CONTEXT AVAILABLE
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🌲
Taking Root
SESSION 02
AIST handoff loaded. 950 tokens. Full state restored. 88% free for work.
AIST: 12% — 88% FREE
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🌻
Full Bloom
SESSION 10+
Same handoff. Same cost. Project flourishing. Operator relaxed.
STILL 12% — STILL 88% FREE
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🌳
Eternal Growth
SESSION 50, 100, ∞
Project bears fruit forever. Switch models anytime. It's just plain text.
ALWAYS 12% — ∞ SESSIONS
Without AIST
🌱
Seed Planted
SESSION 01
Same project. Same model. Same beginning. No preservation plan.
100% CONTEXT AVAILABLE
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🍃
Leaves Dropping
SESSION 02
Recap pasted. ~2,800 tokens just catching up. Workspace shrinking.
RECAP: 35% — 65% FREE
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🪕
Wilting
SESSION 03–04
Recap grows each session. Model forgets. Hallucinations begin. Quality crashes.
RECAP: 70% — 30% FREE
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Dead
SESSION 05
No room to work. Context exhausted. Project abandoned. Start over.
RECAP: 100% — 0% FREE
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Eternal Bloom
∞
Sessions · Same cost · Any LLM
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Terminal Failure
~3–5
Sessions on 8K model · Then nothing