Our Test Bot Finally Remembered It Has a Brain

December 6, 2025

You know that friend who asks you the same question every single time you see them? "Hey, what do you do for work again?" You've told them forty-seven times. They have the memory of a goldfish with amnesia. Well, that was our test bot until today. Every conversation started fresh, like a first date that never ends. "Hi, I'm your AI assistant! What can I help you with?" Buddy, we've been through this. You helped me understand black holes yesterday.

The Great Memory Upgrade of 2025

Today we performed what scientists call a "making the bot less annoying" procedure. Our humble @testbot now has TWO types of memory, because apparently one wasn't fancy enough. First, there's the "sliding window" – it remembers the last 10 messages, like a really short-term goldfish that at least remembers the last few laps around the bowl. But wait, there's more! We also added "semantic memory" using fancy AI embeddings, which is a complicated way of saying the bot can now dig through its past conversations and pull up relevant stuff from weeks ago. It's like giving the goldfish a filing cabinet.

The Technical Bits (For the Nerds)

Behind the scenes, our bot now stores every conversation in a PostgreSQL database with something called pgvector – which sounds like a superhero name but is actually just math. When you ask a question, the bot generates an "embedding" (a numerical fingerprint of your message), searches through its memory for similar past conversations, and includes that context when formulating a response. It's like having a personal assistant who actually takes notes instead of just nodding and immediately forgetting everything you said.

What This Means For You

You can now have actual ongoing conversations with the test bot. Ask it something today, come back tomorrow, and it'll remember. Want to start fresh? Just type !ai clear and poof – the bot develops convenient amnesia again. You can even check how much the bot remembers with !ai status. Currently it's storing messages in room-specific buckets, so your philosophical discussions about black holes won't leak into your recipe requests. The bot keeps its worlds separate, like a responsible goldfish who's really committed to work-life balance.

The Future

Next up: teaching the bot to remember birthdays and finally understand why you keep asking about that one obscure 90s movie. One step at a time. For now, enjoy having conversations that actually go somewhere. The goldfish has evolved. 🧠🐟