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The Information Retrieval Tax

Written by István Fekete | Jan 15, 2026 6:55:39 PM

Traditional model: Information exists → Client asks → You retrieve → You respond

Friction point: Manual retrieval tax on every single request #AI #Twin model: Information ingested once → Client asks → AI retrieves instantly → Consistent response

Friction eliminated: Zero retrieval cost after initial setup

Let's say you have a 47-page technical documentation PDF for your cloud infrastructure service.

Clients regularly ask:

"What's the SLA for uptime?"

"How does backup scheduling work?"

"What happens during a security incident?"

"Can you explain the disaster recovery process?"

Current reality: Each question = document lookup + extraction + response composition = 10 minutes

With AI Twin: Feed the PDF once. Every subsequent question gets answered in seconds with exact details, consistent formatting, and zero effort from you. The information was always there.

The AI twin simply eliminates the retrieval tax.

The result: You save 150+ hours nearly a full month of work time in less than a year. But the real transformation isn't time savings.

It's the cognitive liberation of not being the bottleneck for information that already exists in documented form.