What happens when a LLM watches its own context window run out?

I made Terminal Soliloquy, a terminal artwork that connects to llama.cpp and displays a model's monologue as its context window fills.

It has a retro phosphor look, and runs in a terminal window. I'm actually running it full-screen on a Raspberry Pi display inside an old 1960s portable TV.

As the conversation grows, the model reflects on its own limited lifespan. [](https://preview.redd.it/what-happens-when-a-llm-watches-its-own-context-windo…)When the context is exhausted, the display can be configured to freeze, restart, or quit.

The repo and setup instructions are here: https://github.com/nicespoon/terminal-soliloquy