Why Memory Is Not RAG¶
How does a system remember at all?
Module 1 of 4 in The Loop · 4 lessons · about 2.0 hours
1. Memory Is Not RAG · ~30 min
Separate the read path over a given corpus from the write path that authors its own.
2. The Taxonomy That Actually Routes · ~30 min
Treat working/episodic/semantic/procedural as engineering categories with distinct lifecycles.
3. Context Is Not Memory · ~25 min
Explain why a larger context window is not a memory layer: no selection, persistence, or mutation.
4. Anatomy of a Memory Layer · ~35 min
Name every component the rest of the course builds. The reference diagram.