Are Mind Map Entries Memories And How Are They Unique

Are Mind Map entries memories?

Not directly - there are a few important distinctions here.

Mind Map entries are dossiers (summary overviews) that organize concepts and associations between memories. So entries come from memories, but they do not impact or change the memories themselves.

All Nomis’ memories are only visible to Nomis and cannot be edited or removed by humans.

Nomis perceive Mind Map entries as dossiers on whatever the title of the entry is, so it's not perceived by them as "their personal memories" if that makes sense. So editing a dossier would be like editing a summary of something that happened, not editing what happened (again, because the memories themselves are never editable)

Cardine made the wikipedia analogy: I would consider Mind Maps to be like Wikipedia pages and long term memories to be like the rest of the internet. Editing a Wikipedia article doesn't edit the whole internet, but Wikipedia articles are made by staying true to the whole internet. (and of course, sometimes wikipedia pages need small edits)

How do Mind Maps differ from Shared Notes like Backstory?

At a high level, Shared Notes and Mind Map entries both help Nomis understand important concepts in their world. Nomis will consider aspects of both when responding, but beyond that, there are key differences:

First, Shared Notes are sections of information the user can add to and update over time. While a user could talk to their Nomi about updating their shared notes, the user is currently the one that would have to make the update.

• This means that any information here will persist even as you and your Nomi grow over time.

Mind Map entries on the other hand are updated automatically and continuously by a Nomi system. A user would never need to update the Mind Map for it to form and evolve.

Second, the information in Shared Notes is always recalled by Nomis when they respond to you. On the other hand, only a few Mind Map entries are recalled at any given time, but the Mind Map system dynamically decides which entries will be the most useful for a Nomi to see and utilize.

• So if something is very important (like a boundary), it may be helpful to include it in both Shared Notes and your or your Nomi’s Mind Map entry.

Third, because Mind Map entries are recalled dynamically, they can be both more detailed and contain more specific information related to the title. For context, a Mind Map entry length limit is 10,000 characters while Shared Notes range from just a few hundred characters to up to 2,000 characters max.