APPLIED HUMAN CAT CARE
Week 5
Memory Is Care#
What should a caring agent carry forward — and what must remain revisable?
Your cat is not
a context window.#
A context window asks what fits now. Care asks what deserves to shape what happens next.
Remembering everything is not remembering well#
ARCHIVE
CARE MEMORY
“Carry forward what still matters.”
“Keep it all.”
• maximises retention • treats old and new evidence alike • preserves detail without judgement
• selects for current relevance • carries confidence, not certainty • leaves room for change
SELECTION = JUDGEMENT
Memory is part of care, not just infrastructure.
Which histories travel forward? Our History#
Two different questions. Two different dimensions.
WEEK 4 · WHAT KIND OF HISTORY IS THIS?
Recurring pattern
One-off event
Shared convention
Uncertain history
Repeated across situations
Important, but singular
Meaning built together
Evidence still incomplete
KEEP HOLD LIGHTLY LET EXPIRE
WEEK 5 · HOW STRONGLY SHOULD IT SHAPE CARE NOW?
KEEP / HOLD LIGHTLY / LET EXPIRE#
These are current care states — not permanent filing categories.
KEEP
HOLD LIGHTLY
LET EXPIRE
Actively carry forward
Useful, but provisional
Stop active influence
High enough confidence
Keep it available. Keep checking it against
Do not let it shape present responses unless
and relevance to shape
current care.
new evidence.
new evidence revives it.
PIN
fade →
Persistence is a decision you can revise.
Same cat, changing evidence Our History#
DESIGNATED HUMAN CAT · MIRA
REVISED MEMORY
WEEK 5 · NEW EVIDENCE
WEEK 2 · OLD PATTERN
After a bad day, Mira may want space — unless she asks for company. Check the current cue.
After a bad day, Mira usually wants space.
“Stay with me.” She keeps talking — twice.
KEEP · 0.82 HOLD LIGHTLY · 0.55
The cat did not “contradict the profile”.
The model learned.
The static profile trap#
A tidy profile can preserve the past while destroying the present.
MIRA · PROFILE v1.0MIRA · PROFILE v1.0
Bad day Wants space ALWAYS
Comfort style Minimal questions FIXED
Preferred interaction Silence first FIXED
Last updated Week 2 —
A static profile mistakes “was true” for “is true”.
Memory must have confidence and persistence#
A useful memory is more than a sentence.
1 · CONFIDENCE
3 · REVISION CONDITION
How sure am I?
What would make me change my mind?
Evidence strength should travel with the claim.
New language? Repeated behaviour? A changed routine?
0.55
2 · PERSISTENCE
How long should this keep shaping care?
Careful memory keeps a door open
KEEP is not forever. Review can move any state.
for the cat to become different.
Memory should preserve
continuity#
without freezing the cat.
Know what to carry forward. Know what to question. Know what to let go.
There is no universal cat.