The Shadow Circuits

How AI Could Learn by Forgetting on Purpose

A Strange Idea

When we think about improving intelligence, we usually imagine adding more memory, more processing power, more detail. Bigger always feels better. Yet human cognition does not work that way. We forget constantly. Not randomly, but selectively. The ability to discard is as critical as the ability to recall.

What if machines needed the same trick? Not just the capacity to hold everything, but the discipline to forget what no longer matters. Could deliberate forgetting become the missing ingredient for truly adaptive AI?