TECHNOLOGY

AI processes conversations the way humans think

AWAI's pipeline is built on a 3-layer context model that structurally aligns with cognitive science. Designed by intuition, validated by research — here's how it works.

One engine

Five products stand on one analysis

Every AWAI product runs the same analysis underneath. What changes is only what gets fed into it, which is why they all read the same way.

CONTEXT MODEL

Three layers that construct the 'meaning' of thought

Layer 1

Immediate Context

Working Memory
Baddeley & Hitch (1974)

Related information within the current topic. All thought nodes in the same message are referenced without filtering.

Layer 2

Proximal Context

Selective Attention
Broadbent (1958)

Nodes from 1–2 messages prior. Not everything is pulled in — text similarity filtering ensures only relevant context is considered.

Layer 3

Distant Context

Cue-dependent Retrieval
Tulving (1983)

Past nodes with high cosine similarity, regardless of message distance. The "oh, this connects to something I said before" association.

We designed this by asking "how does human memory actually work?" — then discovered that established cognitive science theories describe the same structure. Built from intuition and self-observation, later validated by research.

COGNITIVE SCIENCE

Designed by intuition, validated by science

AWAI's ImplementationCognitive TheoryProposed by
Layer 1: Immediate contextWorking MemoryBaddeley & Hitch (1974)
Layer 2: Proximal context filterSelective AttentionBroadbent (1958)
Layer 3: Distant recallCue-dependent RetrievalTulving (1983)
Distance-unlimited high-similarity recallSpreading ActivationCollins & Loftus (1975)
2-pass reinterpretationMemory ReconsolidationNader et al. (2000)
Processing depth based on prediction errorPredictive ProcessingFriston (2005)
Unaddressed topic detectionZeigarnik EffectZeigarnik (1927)
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PIPELINE

Predict, discover, reinterpret

Phase 1

Naive Interpretation

Using only Layer 1 and Layer 2 local context, generate an initial "straightforward" understanding.

Layer 3 hit
Phase 2

Contextual Reinterpretation

When Layer 3 finds distant context, incorporate it to update the understanding.

prediction error
Phase 3

Integrative Reinterpretation

Only thoughts whose interpretation changed significantly between Phase 1→2 receive deeper processing.

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DUAL EDGES

Explicit connections and hidden links

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LLM Edges

Relationships the AI explicitly identifies as connected. These are ideas that were actually linked during the conversation.

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Embedding Edges

Pairs with high vector similarity. Ideas that are semantically close but were never directly connected in the conversation.

Making invisible connections visible — that's one of AWAI's core values.

CLASSIFICATION

Six colors that reveal the nature of thought

PremiseImplicit assumptions and conditions
DeepeningElaboration and refinement
BranchingAlternative perspectives and options
ConvergenceSynthesis and consensus
QuestionInquiries and open questions
InsightDiscoveries and realizations
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Process analysis

Process analysis hands the engine your own text

Meetings and group analysis both turn talk into text inside AWAI first, and then run this same analysis over it. Process analysis is the entrance that skips the first step and hands it text you already have.

After an hour with AI, you remember the conclusion. But what happened to all those ideas along the way?

The ideas you raised are kept, grouped by the topic they belong to. The ones that came up once and never connected to anything else are marked, so a thought you set aside without noticing is still there to pick back up.

Simple as it gets

Four steps to the ideas you forgot

01
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Paste

Copy any AI conversation

02
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Wait

AI extracts and classifies your thinking

03
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Explore

See the topics and how they connect

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Realize

Rediscover ideas you'd forgotten

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In the space between thoughts, structure emerges.
In the space between minds, shared understanding is born.

"AWAI" is an archaic Japanese reading of "between." In the uncertainty before things are settled, possibility lives — AWAI makes that space visible.