What Is a Token? The Most Misunderstood Concept in AI Most people think a token is a word. It's not. Tokens are fragments—the atoms of AI computation. Understanding how language gets broken into machine-digestible pieces reveals the magic.
Chain of Thought Contract (COTC) – Manual Protocol v1.0 COTC is a manual protocol that forces AI to justify its code, show its work, and follow traceable steps—turning unreliable output into accountable, audit-ready engineering behavior.