I spend most of my day at a computer. Over the past year, I've noticed something: the moments when I'm most productive aren't when I have the best tools. They're when I'm working with an AI that actually understands how I think.
Not because it agrees with everything. Because it remembers what worked before, pushes back when I'm heading the wrong way, and adapts to my rhythm without being asked.
The problem? Every new session starts from scratch. Every preference forgotten. And no way to move what we've built together to a different device.
That's why I'm building AisthOS — a Perception Operating System that grows with you.
What "grows with you" means
AisthOS converts sensor data into anonymized metadata (Sparks), then learns from those Sparks through three parallel tracks:
| Track | Speed | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Fast | Real-time | Learns from your reactions instantly |
| Medium | Nightly | Finds patterns, creates new skills automatically |
| Slow | Weekly | Fine-tunes its personality to match yours |
The device goes through growth stages — Infant (basic reactions) → Child (pattern discovery) → Teen (self-created skills) → Adult (anticipates needs).
Privacy is the architecture, not a setting
All learning happens locally. Raw sensor data only exists in volatile memory during processing. What gets stored are Sparks — structured descriptions like "hand raised to 45°, expression: surprise" — never the actual photo.
We've seen what happens when companion AI depends on the cloud. Moxie shut down in January 2025. Every robot became a paperweight overnight. Your relationship with your companion shouldn't have a kill switch in someone else's server room.
Create once, use everywhere
Everything the system learns about you is stored in a User Wisdom file (~200 KB). Export it, move it to another device, import it. The new device knows you from the first second.
No existing standard does this. Soul Spec describes who the AI is. Agent File describes what the AI can do. User Wisdom describes who you are — as understood by the AI. Nobody else is building this layer.
We tested it on ourselves
I've been using these principles in my daily work for weeks. The system tracks my communication style, decision patterns, and creative rhythms. It adapted its response format without being asked — more tables, shorter morning answers, detailed evening sessions.
We didn't design "grows with you" as a feature. We lived it. Then formalized what worked.
Read the full article on aisthos.dev →
GitHub: github.com/aisthos/aisthos
License: MIT
Built by Vladimir Desyatov with AI-assisted development. The collaborative process itself demonstrates the AisthOS philosophy: AI as a transparent partner that grows alongside you.
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