A memory system that finds full information from a few similar clues.
Hear two notes of an old song. Suddenly the whole chorus comes back, plus that summer road trip.
Associative Memory fills in the rest from a small clue. It helps search tools and AI agents recall useful past information.
Hopfield Network
Hopfield Network is a classic neural network for associative memory.
Embedding
Embedding puts similar content close together for easier recall.
Memory
Memory can use associative recall to find past experience for a task.