Rediscovering what previous research already documented.
In 1994, Joseph Bates at Carnegie Mellon wrote “The Role of Emotion in Believable Agents.” His argument was that for AI characters to work, the illusion of life matters more than pure rationality or task efficiency. Personality, emotion, and consistent behavior are what create believability (not capability metrics or optimization functions).
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Here’s what they said about the memory problem.
Dr. Michael Hogan | Galway University, Ireland
Dr. Michael Hogan reviewed my work.Neuroscientist. Decades studying how brains process identity, memory, emotional regulation. His living thesis explores how identity persists across disruption.
His feedback:“The architecture maps to how humans maintain relationships. We don’t reset between conversations. We c...
Tom Wolfe called it the “electric Kool-Aid acid test.” The psychedelic experience wasn’t just about getting high, it was about breaking linear time. Past, present, future bleeding into each other. Continuity dissolved.