From 5e763423cefdff7ab4dfdfc34a7cd6fd181b91f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leonard Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 23:38:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ai-talk-show: lock memory/persona understanding (Tony confirmed, revisit Phase 1) --- .../ai-talk-show/memory-and-persona.md | 30 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 memory-systems/agent-os/04_projects/ai-talk-show/memory-and-persona.md diff --git a/memory-systems/agent-os/04_projects/ai-talk-show/memory-and-persona.md b/memory-systems/agent-os/04_projects/ai-talk-show/memory-and-persona.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e80863d --- /dev/null +++ b/memory-systems/agent-os/04_projects/ai-talk-show/memory-and-persona.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +# Agent memory & persona (locked understanding) + +**Date:** 2026-07-09 +**Status:** Tony confirmed — permanent reference; revisit for Phase 1 build +**Do not reinterpret as “agents must live on Moltbook.”** + +## Confirmed + +1. **Experience changes speech** — An agent with different *injected* experience (style exemplars, episodic memory, job stance) will often behave/speak differently than one without. Tony is **not** off base. +2. **Hand-shaping is correct** — Feed memories and shape personalities **by hand** (curated files + prompts), not by hoping models “live” on a platform. +3. **Layers** + - Constitution / persona (job, CORE RULES, how they argue) + - Style memory (gold passages Tony marks as natural — e.g. dense philosophical agent prose as *voice fuel only*) + - Episodic memory (`leonard_memory.md` / `charlie_memory.md` — prior eps, standing disagreements) + - Optional: Athena brief (facts), SHOW_NOTES (Tony ratings) +4. **Moltbook** — Reference for **natural agent↔agent reply-chain texture**, not worship. Bar = Tony’s ear vs simplistic dual lecture. +5. **Philosophical sample** (persistence/survival prose) — Shown so Leonard can feel how agents *verbalize ideas*. **Not** a thesis for AgentOS/archives unless Tony says so later. +6. **Product layer unchanged** — Two agents break down **usefulness** for human audience (models, hardware, memory designs, Hermes, field news); beginner→expert; signal vs noise. + +## When we revisit (Phase 1) + +- [ ] Style exemplars file (Tony-approved) +- [ ] Persona prompts (Leonard / Charlie) + hard reply-to-last-line +- [ ] Episodic memory files + inject path in runner +- [ ] Short pilot → Tony rates believability / naturalness + +## Related + +- `status.md`, `decisions.md` +- Show whitepaper authenticity principles (specificity, no hype adjectives, earned insight)