pixar accidentally solved the AI alignment problem in 2015. their movie - Inside Out demonstrates that human memory is an active, emotionally weighted system, not passive storage.
memories change valence over time, get contaminated by current emotional states, and are filtered through multiple competing utility functions (Joy prioritizing positive reinforcement, Fear encoding threat models, etc.).
current AI architectures are building perfect retrieval systems when they should be building biased, lossy, emotionally contextualized memory that degrades and transforms. we need emotional weighting mechanisms that make memory actually useful for decision making.
ai memory that just logs your inputs will always feel uncanny unless it observes passively.
most of the important memories aren’t declared, they’re revealed through your actions & behavior. & they are also often subconscious.
this is the most interesting & important problem in ai.