LLM Memory Often Makes Things Worse — Maybe Forgetting Is the Optimal Process
sebpaquet · x · 2026-08-25
A long-time LLM user observes that memory features often make things worse: they introduce unrelated context or fail to properly update the current state of things. He speculates that the brain's natural process of letting memories decay and fade may actually be the optimal design — a rather beautiful parallel.
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