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A thought-provoking conversation on Reddit’s r/artificial forum is examining the core function of memory, both in humans and within artificial intelligence. The debate centers on whether memory’s primary role is to accurately preserve past experiences or to serve as a springboard for generating novel outputs and capabilities. While human memory is inherently reconstructive and prone to alterations, AI systems learn patterns and utilize them to create responses. Participants discussed how both human and artificial memory seem to prioritize creating something new over simply retrieving stored information. The thread explores various memory architectures and raises the question of whether AI development should strive to emulate the adaptive plasticity of human memory. Those interested can find the original Reddit post here: [https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1ohpeqk/is_memory_in_humans_or_ais_more_about_preserving/]