Session acting weird? Open a new one: practitioners' fix for momentum prior and context rot
gerardsans · x · 2026-09-09
Responding to whether you need to read transformer papers to apply the fix, the author shares a practitioners' hard-won rule: when a session starts behaving oddly, just open a new one.
A fresh context clears both the momentum prior and context rot — no maths required. The author offers this as part of his subscription AI mentoring.
Related event: 'Momentum Prior' and Context Rot: Why You Should Restart Sessions(3 posts)→
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