Inside the AI memory machine

Humans are bad at remembering things. We forget things over time. The reason we can't remember them is because we're not very good at paying attention to them. We remember things incorrectly because of our inherent biases and perceptions of the world. There's a lot going on, and we can't keep doing that for long.

Maybe AI can solve this problem. It looks like we'll find out soon: Microsoft, for example, is betting big on Recall, an app that promises to use AI to collect, store, organize, and redisplay everything you do and see on your computer. (Imagine being able to ask a computer, "What article about bees did I read the other day? What era did it refer to?") At Google I/O this year, the Most Awesome AI was demonstrated: remembering where you put your glasses. Apple envisions using AI to create photo albums and emotive videos to help you relive cherished moments, while companies like Notion and Dropbox are integrating artificial intelligence into their tools to help you find and remember all your appointments and tasks. They all promise the same thing: don't worry about remembering things because the computer will do it for you. And it will do it faster and better. We also talk about the human side: how would our lives change if we could stop forgetting things? Is remembering your friend's birthday different from getting an AI model to remember your birthday? And will these tools actually work outside of work? As tools like Limitless emerge and improve rapidly, we have to figure out how to coexist with them.