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With AI, never forget, never remember

AI-powered smart glasses are revolutionizing constant life logging. While offering seemingly beneficial recall, the author warns this technology fundamentally distorts human memory. Natural memory is imperfect, fluid, and crucial for emotional healing and our relationships. AI flattens emotional significance, treating all events with mechanical fidelity. This ceaseless digital record, like social media's arbitrary "memories," jeopardizes genuine remembrance. Outsourcing this vital human function risks losing the essential ability for authentic recall and the protective, necessary role of forgetting for personal well-being.

LiveMint · Mala Bhargava · Jul 4, 2026 at 1:30 AM

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