Marketing Scoops: Synthetic Memories Use AI To Generate Images of The Past (Podcast)

Vicky Leta

These days, we’ve got photographic evidence of our memories just about everywhere we turn. But what about the memories that can’t be called up at the touch of a button or the turn of a page?

That’s the case for entire older generations, and one global research project is using artificial intelligence to create images of the memories of early-stage dementia patients. It’s a futuristic technology that recalls the past…..Continue reading…

By : Quartz Staff

Source: Synthetic memories use AI to generate images of the past

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Synthetic Memories is a project by Domestic Data Streamers that leverages generative artificial intelligence to recreate memories and preserve the unique identity of those to whom they belong. Unlike natural memory, artificial memory protocols involve the invention of new devices like lukasa boards, imagined theaters, and memory wheels.

These devices sever knowledge from its original context and remold it into a different form. While researchers are still learning more about the mechanisms behind how false memories form, it is clear that false memory is something that can happen to virtually anyone. These memories can range from the trivial to the life-altering, from the mundane to the potentially fatal.

Memory is the ability to store and retrieve information when people need it. The four general types of memories are sensory memory, short-term memory, working memory, and long-term memory. Long-term memory can be further categorized as either implicit (unconscious) or explicit (conscious). The work shows that brain circuits that normally respond to specific experiences can be artificially stimulated and linked together in an artificial memory.

That memory can be elicited by the appropriate sensory cues in the real environment. Memory transfer proposes a chemical basis for memory termed memory RNA which can be passed down through flesh instead of an intact nervous system. Since RNA encodes information living cells produce and modify RNA in reaction to external events, it might also be used in neurons to record stimuli.

Unlike humans, whose working memory is fixed, an AI’s context window can be expanded, though it is expensive. More GPUs, better algorithms, or new hardware can all increase an AI’s capacity. However, this approach has important limits. Factors that can influence false memory include misinformation and misattribution of the original source of the information.

Existing knowledge and other memories can also interfere with the formation of a new memory, causing the recollection of an event to be mistaken or entirely false. Our review suggests that individuals with PTSD, a history of trauma, or depression are at risk for producing false memories when they are exposed to information that is related to their knowledge base.

Memory aberrations are notable characteristics of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. The Mandela Effect is primarily due to a cognitive function called false memory. This is when we remember events that never happened or introduce errors and distortions into memories of certain experiences. These false memories can seem very real and vivid in one’s mind even though they are entirely incorrect.

Episodic memory is also influenced by an individual’s ability to attend to the environment. Therefore, any conditions that disrupt attention can also impair the encoding of information. Attention is impacted by many conditions such as head injury, Lewy body dementia and delirium. Recent studies show that in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, semantic memory is affected first.

In psychology, genetic memory is a theorized phenomenon in which certain kinds of memories could be inherited, being present at birth in the absence of any associated sensory experience, and that such memories could be incorporated into the genome over long spans of time. The Ramona false memory case concerns a California man, Gary Ramona, who successfully sued psychiatrists who supposedly implanted false memories of abuse into his daughter.

This was the first instance of a lawsuit against a therapist over implanted memories. Having false memories is common, with one in three people incorrectly remembering past experiences. The idea of uploading our mind to a computer has been gaining popularity but remains firmly in the realm of science fiction: We are still very far from even mapping the human brain, let alone measuring the state of every part of it and replicating it on a computer.

It is generally accepted that no-one can recall their birth. Most people generally do not remember anything before the age of three, although some theorists (e.g. Usher and Neisser, 1993) argue that adults can remember important events – such as the birth of a sibling – when they occurred as early as the age of two. While computers have vast storage capacities capable of storing massive amounts of data, the human brain possesses a more limited storage capacity.

Computers can store terabytes or even petabytes of information, allowing quick and efficient data retrieval. While computers have vast storage capacities capable of storing massive amounts of data, the human brain possesses a more limited storage capacity. Computers can store terabytes or even petabytes of information, allowing quick and efficient data retrieval.

This is the brain’s attempt to make sense of the thoughts by making them feel like real experiences. So, while intrusive thoughts themselves are not memories, they can influence the creation of false memories due to the brain’s attempts to reconcile and make sense of them. High levels of stress can heighten anxiety and trigger obsessive thoughts. In turn, these thoughts may further strengthen the false memories, reinforcing the distressing cycle.

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