Let’s extrapolate forward to A.I. assisted interaction. Eventually we get to a place, for better or worse, where your personal A.I. assistant knows both your entire personal history and the contours of your particular way of thinking.
It is reasonable to infer that such an A.I. will eventually be able to prompt you to remember anything you might have forgotten. We’re talking birthdays, business plans, bank passcodes, quotes from books and songs, street addresses, favorite movies, foods and drinks of family and friends — in short, anything.
Eventually the interface to access this info will become so seamless that it will be essentially instantaneous. The moment you begin to ponder that particular memory item, the answer will appear to you. The entire process of remembering, from start to finish, will be visible only to you.
I wonder whether this will be a good thing.