the problem is an inability to reliably commit to forgetting....A comment by John Wentworth mentioned that you can use amnestics to overcome this: make your purchase decision while under the influence of an amnestic that blocks your mind’s ability to write to long-term memory....When you read this, it’s hard not to immediately think of LLMs, which can make purchase decisions without committing anything to long-term memory
Robin Hanson also discussed using ems to do this in Age of Em. Probably the idea has been around even longer.
Robin Hanson also discussed using ems to do this in Age of Em. Probably the idea has been around even longer.