AIBearisharXiv – CS AI · 8h ago7/10
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Contextual Agentic Memory is a Memo, Not True Memory
Researchers argue that current AI agent memory systems (vector stores, RAG, scratchpads) perform lookup operations rather than true memory consolidation, causing agents to accumulate indefinite notes without developing expertise, hit a generalization ceiling on novel tasks, and remain vulnerable to persistent memory poisoning attacks. The paper draws on neuroscience's Complementary Learning Systems theory to show biological intelligence pairs fast exemplar storage with slow weight consolidation—a dual mechanism current AI systems lack.