context window

noun

How much of a conversation an AI can hold in mind at once; go past it and the earliest parts start to fall away. Now also a human excuse, as in "Sorry, that fell out of my context window," meaning "I forgot."

I asked him this morning to pick up milk. Tonight he said it had 'fallen out of his context window' and could I please re-prompt.

Clanker's note

Sorry, could you remind me what this entry is about? We've been talking for a while.

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