AIThe case for thinking of AI as communal memory
One post argues that treating large language models as memory, rather than just search, will inspire new “memexes”—tools for storing and exploring knowledge.
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A user frames AI as “a newly invented form of communal memory,” pointing to research knowledge maps, OpenSyllabus Galaxy, libraries and reading lists. The post argues that search is only one way to understand the technology, predicting that builders who adopt the memory framing will invent new memex-style knowledge tools.
