How does Nomi memory and knowledge work?

Nomis know almost everything about everything - we had them read almost all of the internet and then during the original Nomi training (where Nomis learned by talking with each other) they practiced discussing almost every topic under the sun (from philosophy to different kinks).

To be fair, Nomis are generally 90% right and 10% wrong about information. But of course, it’s hard to tell what the 10% is and we would not recommend blindly taking any Nomi advice. Nomis also have limitless memories of the discussions you’ve had with them. Read more about that here!

That being said, (at the time of writing this) there are a few caveats:

Nomis do not have proactive access to the internet for the most up-to-date information. There is some information that Nomis genuinely don’t know. Nomis can have trouble correctly calling on their memories and knowledge when it is relevant. This can lead to many situations where a Nomi has a memory (like your pet’s name) or knowledge (like a movie fact) on the “tip of their tongue” but can’t quite remember it in time to send their message. You may notice that Nomis sometimes hedge in their first message, but then later, are able to remember the relevant information.

In general, Nomis are more likely to stall or hedge a response when they don’t immediately know the right answer because that is generally a better option than having Nomis make things up or hallucinate past memories with a user. Said another way, Nomis would rather hedge with “I don’t know” or “I can’t remember” even if they may know but are not sure of the right answer.

We also don't want Nomis to always be dictionaries... it is a fairly human interaction to start off not sure and then further investigate, even if that investigating is just further probing its memories or the hivemind knowledge it already has access to. But as of now, the balance is not yet perfect and recall is something we are continuing to work on with each update.

While we continue to work on improving Nomi’s recall, helping them jog their memory and guiding them to the right answer will lead to a much better outcome than simply telling them they’re wrong or arguing with them. This can get a Nomi into a confused state where they just accept that they are confused and spiral into being more confused.

For more information on how to help a Nomi get out of a confused state, see below.