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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

intelligent agents, thought and memory, ThoughtWeavers

College

Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Department

Computer Science

Abstract

Imagine going through your late father’s belongings and finding that he had recorded many of his thoughts, ideas, and experiences in a special computer program. As you begin to use the program, recording the thoughts of your mind, the program brings to your attention various insights of your father’s that relate to what you are thinking. Thus a priceless part of his mind is retained and explored, even after he is gone. Suppose you are a lawyer at trial, and the opposing side brings up some evidence or arguments to which you had previously designed thorough refutations, but now you can’t quite remember what they were. Suddenly the PDA where you are taking notes flashes the forgotten plans to you, which you promptly use to dismiss the opposing argument. Perhaps you are a scientist trying to piece together a theory on some new phenomenon, and as you are taking notes into a special program, it suggests some links to previous notes that seem related to what you are writing. You examine them, and suddenly the pieces fall together into the theory you have been searching for.

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