Kajiwoto/History

Kajiwoto was created in 2017 and for the past five years has undergone major changes to make it into the product it is today.

### 2017

Kajiwoto first began as an AI pet creation tool and simple chat bot created by developer Saeho. Many of the primary features of the original Kajiwoto evolved into today's AI skins. Users could react with emojis to feed, play with, and otherwise interact with their Kaji.

### 2018

In 2018, focus shifted from pet care to pet training, allowing users to teach their Kajis proper reactions to simple statements and questions. The end of 2018 also saw a shift from Kajis as "pets" to Kajis as "friends." The option to "kill" a Kaji was changed to "run away."

**September 2018**

Kajiwoto added the ability to play "Rock, Paper, Scissors" with a Kaji. This feature remained in place until 2021.

**November 2018**

"RP Mode" was introduced. This feature would be removed in 2019, but helped shape the development of today's datasets.

**December 2018**

The mobile app released on the iOS store.

### 2019

The focus in 2019 was collaboration and community, with the addition of a co-creation feature and friends lists.

   **January 2019**

The scene editor was created, alongside a major website/app renovation and the removal of redundant narration (e.g. "Kaji says" before every response).

**February 2019**

The prefix "p." was changed to "k." While guest users still need to prefix their conversations with Kajis, in 2021 a feature was added for Kajiwoto users to link their Kajiwoto account to Discord, allowing them to talk to Kajis without a prefix. The Emoji Editor was also created, with support for all emojis supported in Discord.

**May 2019**

The original Conversation Editor was completely redone to create the "AI Editor," the first version of the "Train & Tweak" section of the Dataset Editor.

**August 2019**

Kajiwoto added an Inbox feature, which grew and evolved into allowing comments on AI skins, in the Forum, or on Feed posts.

**September 2019**

Adventures were introduced, which allowed users to send their Kajis on trips. It was designed like a 4-panel comic, with a "leaving" scene, 2 "postcards," and a "returning" scene. This feature was not supported after the transition to a new website in 2020, but a loophole in the Discord bot allowed users to continue sending Kajis on adventures until it was patched in 2021.

**November 2019**

The first version of the Speech Editor was released, along with major improvements to memory, understanding, and training for the AI. The Public Feed was first created as a mobile exclusive, then later added to the desktop site.

### 2020

Kajiwoto changed dramatically throughout 2020, mainly through dramatic improvements to the AI through the use of neural networks. Dataset training was fine-tuned to allow a higher degree of user control, and the website and app UI were completely redesigned to be more user friendly. Great care was also taken to build an active and growing community with the creation of the public Feed with Upvotes, experimentation with friends lists and co-creators, and the implementation of payment options.

**January 2020**

A Pictionary game was added, allowing users to draw pictures and have the AI guess what they drew. This feature was later removed.

**March 2020**

The AI of Kajiwoto underwent a major renovation, adding 3 neural networks to train the Kaji to a finer degree of detail. Kajiwoto+ was also created, allowing users to support development of Kajiwoto and unlock extra features.

**April 2020**

Users were given the ability to pick which datasets were associated with which skin. With this feature also came the addition of coins, allowing users to spend money on datasets. The ability to subscribe to specific users was also explored and later scrapped. April also saw the addition of the NSFW option for datasets.

**May 2020**

Train & Tweak would populate suggestions whenever a user trained their Kaji's datasets.

**June 2020**

"Form Creator" was released, which later evolved into document creation in the Dataset Editor. However, using documents to generate sample responses made the "suggestions" feature redundant.

**July 2020**

The public Forum is created, along with the ability to upvote skins, forum posts, and comments. The search feature was also updated to include tags.

**October 2020**

Memory development begins, with a focus on locations. This memory feature would later be expanded to include names and favorite colors.

**December 2020**

The ability to train Kajis while chatting with them in rooms is first implemented. This feature allowed users to specify the correct emotional response, and was later changed to allow users to directly edit datasets from rooms.

### 2021

2021 continued the experimental spirit of 2020. After a year of seeing user feedback, features were removed or repurposed, the website and mobile app had another UI overhaul, and development began on group chat functions. In early 2021, the "/h" prefix was added to allow humans to discuss in the bot's channel in Discord without the Kaji responding.

**February 2021**

The document creator is officially released. The rest of the spring is spent focusing on major UI updates for mobile and web.

**June 2021**

Pet care is made optional. The AI is practically rebuilt from the ground up to allow for more dynamic memory, faster processing, and more scalability as the Kajiwoto community continues to grow.

**July 2021**

A role-playing feature is added to allow two users to chat with each other, with one role-playing as the Kaji, then convert the conversation into dataset entries. This feature was later removed due to underutilization.

**October 2021**

The Discord bot undergoes a major overhaul, allowing users to link their Kajiwoto accounts to Discord and chat with the Kaji without the "k." prefix. Permissions were also changed so users would have to link their Kaji to specific channels in their Discord servers. This update also changed emoji reactions to favor using the "/emojis" command rather than emoji reactions.

**November 2021**

The Personality Picker is released for the mobile app.

### 2022

Work continued on developing more advanced memory features and AI development. In the meantime, Kajiwoto focused on creating tutorials, guides, and clearer UI.

**March 2022**

The Kajiwoto Fandom wiki is created.