Are Current AI Memory Architectures Optimizing for the Wrong Abstraction? [D]

While writing an essay about AI memory and persistent context, I started wondering whether current AI memory systems are optimized for the right thing. Current AI systems already maintain forms of persistent context through saved memories, conversation summaries, user preferences, project notes, and similar mechanisms. These memories are primarily descriptive. They help the system remember facts about the user and previous interactions. But suppose future systems evolved in a different direction. Instead of primarily storing facts and preferences, imagine the persistent context being continuou