Tech Companies Pursue Total Recall Through Spatial Video and Life Logging, Despite Pitfalls of Perfect Memory
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Companies like Apple, Google, and startups are obsessed with perfecting memory recollection through spatial videos, AI assistants, total life recording, and editing tools.
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Features like Apple's spatial video and Google's Magic Eraser make memories more vivid and editable to user preference.
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Startups like Rewind want to record entire lives and recall memories on demand, raising privacy concerns.
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Perfect recall could provide an inaccurate picture of users' lives and pasts.
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Forgetting is healthy and we may not actually want or benefit from total, editable recall of our lives.