According to CoinMeta, the author of Instinct, former MIT professor Ashwin Gopinath, suggests that the difference between Instinct and other personal assistants such as OpenClaw may lie in the continuous maintenance of the user's "long-term state," rather than merely execution ability or long-term memory. Gopinath points out that the longer Instinct is used, the better it seems to understand the user's needs, without being burdened by historical information. It does not simply save all chat records but maintains a "current state," paying attention to changes in user preferences and unfinished tasks. This method is called "memory compilation," which emphasizes filtering useful information from life records and continuously updating the state.