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Introducing Waysflow
Why we started Waysflow, and what we mean by learning that fits you.
Introducing WaysflowTwo people can ask the same question and need completely different answers. One understands through an example from their own life. The other needs to see the steps laid out. Give each of them the other's explanation, and something that should have clicked doesn't.
Good teachers notice this and change course. We think software should too.
Waysflow is an AI that adapts as you learn. It tries different ways of explaining, notices what works for you, and remembers it in every new conversation.
Where the name comes from
Psychologists call it flow: the state of being fully absorbed in something, where challenge and skill are in balance (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990). Everyone reaches it differently. Waysflow is about finding the ways that work for each person.
How it works
You ask a question, or add your own material: a PDF, your notes, a case study a teacher shared. Then say what you need, "prepare me" for example.
Waysflow takes you through it one point at a time. It checks what you have understood with short questions. A missed answer brings a fresh explanation, and a right one moves you on. Over time it learns what helps you: an example, a picture, steps or a story.
All of this carries into your next chat, so you don't start from zero.
Learns. Adapts. Remembers.
Learns.
Adapts.
Remembers.
Built on how people learn
The science of learning has a long record. Two findings shape our work. Recalling something actively strengthens memory more than reading it again (Roediger & Karpicke, 2006). Coming back to material over time helps it last (Cepeda et al., 2006).
Waysflow puts both into practice. It asks before it tells you again, and brings past topics back when you want them.
What we're building
Waysflow runs on leading models from OpenAI and Anthropic. We are also building our own: a learning model, and our own speech-to-text and text-to-speech, so you can talk things through out loud.
You can use it in your browser and on iPhone. Mac is on the way.
It's free to join. We're opening Waysflow in stages, starting with small groups. Join now, and we'll be in touch when it's your turn.
REFERENCES
- Cepeda, N. J., Pashler, H., Vul, E., Wixted, J. T. & Rohrer, D. (2006). Distributed practice in verbal recall tasks. Psychological Bulletin, 132(3), 354–380.
- Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Harper & Row.
- Roediger, H. L. & Karpicke, J. D. (2006). Test-enhanced learning. Psychological Science, 17(3), 249–255.
