Generative agents’ memory was not without flaws: they can fail
to retrieve the correct instances from their memory. For instance,
when asked about the local election, Rajiv Patel responded with I
haven’t been following the election too closely, even though he had
heard about Sam’s candidacy. In some cases, the agents would re-
trieve an incomplete memory fragment: when Tom was asked about
Isabella’s Valentine’s Day party, he responded Uh, I’m actually not
sure if there is a Valentine’s Day party. But I do remember that I need
to discuss the upcoming local mayoral election and my thoughts on
Sam Moore with Isabella Rodriguez at the party, if one is happen-
ing! In this case, Tom retrieved the memory where he and Isabella
planned to discuss the election at the party, but not the memory
where he heard about the party in the first place, leading Tom to
be certain of what he’s supposed to do at the party but uncertain
of whether the party actually exists in the first place.
Generative Agents- Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior