Conflict Resolution & Belief Updating¶
How does memory stay correct as it grows?
Module 4 of 8 in The Write Path in Earnest · 4 lessons · about 3.0 hours
25. Contradiction Detection · ~50 min
Separate a genuine contradiction from a legitimate change over time.
26. ADD, UPDATE, DELETE, NOOP · ~40 min
See why a free-form LLM UPDATE decision is the largest source of silent memory corruption.
27. Deterministic Arbitration · ~45 min
Confine the model to detection and let rules decide, using recency, authority, and explicitness.
28. Supersede, Never Destroy · ~45 min
Keep the audit trail that makes bi-temporal modeling possible later.