In Christopher Nolan’s movie, the lead character has short-term memory that only lasts for a few minutes to a few hours. Afterwards, he remembers nothing.

In vibe coding (coding using AI), this is called a “context window”.

When the context window is full, the AI restarts, and remembers nothing about what you were just doing. Zero memory.

But just as the main character in Memento can help himself remember certain things by taking pictures or tattooing things on his body, so you can give the next memory-free AI agent some kind of context with updated documents and by compacting conversation...

Does it work? Kinda. How well did tattoos work for the guy in Memento?

It’s the same thing.

Sometimes AI kills the wrong guy.