I hope you are having a memorable Sunday. This is weird, right? Trying to guess if something is worth remembering when it is happening. After all, not all of us have the foresight to predict the experiences that will endure, nor do all events have that intrinsic worth from the outset. All this chatter about Microsoft-ChatGPT and Google Bard AI got me thinking—about assistants. Not the virtual ones like Siri or Alexa. But the personal assistants in the offline world—the ones who could be tasked with taking notes and coming up with relevant information when needed. I remember last year—with 50 open tabs on my browser staring at me—I wondered: “What if there was an AI assistant that could memorise things for me?” Like most apps that promise to revolutionise the world, I started salivating over nifty e-tools such as Heyday, Taskade, Reflect AI, and Glasp that automatically save content we read online and resurface them in different forms. Bam! I no longer needed to keep all those 50 tabs open. It had found a cheat code for my memory. Almost spooky! But, at least I don’t have to think if anything I read online is “worth it” anymore. If you subscribe to The MMS, www.multimediastudio.net though, you don’t have to bother with run-of-the-mill stories. The subject matter, the facts, the conflict, the points of view, and the overall storytelling ensure that the narratives are worth casting your mind back to. Phew! That does seem quite a lot to grasp. But, I promise, you will find things to remember once you read the stories—and not need a personal assistant to jot down information. Over to you. Which story do you think will turn out to be memorable remembrance?
