Comment by daxfohl

5 days ago

I'm surprised Anthropic doesn't offer something like this server-side, with an API to control it. Seems like it'd be a lot more efficient than having client manually reworking the context and uploading the whole thing.

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ryan29  5 days ago

Who should own the context?

Imagine having 20 years of context / memories and relying on them. Wouldn't you want to own that? I can't imagine pay-per-query for my real memories and I think that allowing that for AI assisted memory is a mistake. A person's lifetime context will be irreplaceable if high quality interfaces / tools let us find and load context from any conversation / session we've ever had with an LLM.

On the flip side of that, something like a software project should own the context of every conversation / session used during development, right? Ideally, both parties get a copy of the context. I get a copy for my personal "lifetime context" and the project or business gets a copy for the project. However, I can't imagine businesses agreeing to that.

If LLMs become a useful tool for assisting memory recall there's going to be fighting over who owns the context / memories and I worry that normal people will lose out to businesses. Imagine changing jobs and they wipe a bunch of your memory before you leave.

We may even see LLM context ownership rules in employment agreements. It'll be the future version of a non-compete.

  • daxfohl  5 days ago

    Whoever is paying for it? If you've got personal stuff you'd keep it in your own account (or maintain it independently), separate from your work account.