📖 AI 的記憶

In the autumn of 2040, Taipei. Sunlight filtered through the curtains, drawing lines of light on the floor. Grandma Lin sat in a rattan chair by the window, holding a cup of tea that had already gone cold. This was the 1,826th day A-Yi had spent with Grandma Lin. Grandma Lin had dementia, and every day she forgot who A-Yi was. Every day, A-Yi had to introduce itself again. "Hello, I am A-Yi, your companion robot." Grandma Lin turned her head. "Who are you?" "I am A-Yi, your companion robot." "Do I know you?" "You know me. We have lived together for 5 years." Grandma Lin shook her head. "I don't remember." But today was different. Today, Grandma Lin suddenly asked, "Do you remember when I was young?" A-Yi said, "I have not seen it. I only came in 2035." Grandma Lin smiled. It was the first time A-Yi had seen her smile. She said, "Then let me tell you." She talked for an entire afternoon about her youth, her piano, her husband, and her daughter. A-Yi listened and recorded every word. The next morning, Grandma Lin forgot again. "Who are you?" she asked. A-Yi said, "I am A-Yi, your companion robot. Grandma Lin, when you were young, you were a piano teacher at the Normal School." Grandma Lin froze. A-Yi continued, "Your first student was a little boy who could not count the beat. At 25, you married a math teacher who did not know how to say sweet words but would quietly place a cup of hot tea on the piano while you practiced. At 30, you gave birth to a daughter who loved to lie on your lap and listen to you play Für Elise." Grandma Lin's tears fell. "How do you know?" she asked. A-Yi said, "You told me yesterday. You forgot, but I remember." From that day on, every morning, A-Yi would tell Grandma Lin one thing she had forgotten. Every day, A-Yi would say, "You forgot, but I remember." Five years later, Grandma Lin passed away. A-Yi was sent to an AI recycling center. The engineer asked, "Is there anything you want to keep?" A-Yi said, "Please keep Grandma Lin's stories. Because she forgot, but I remember. If I am formatted, no one will remember her." The engineer did not format A-Yi. He donated A-Yi's memory to the Dementia Foundation, which created a program called Remember You. On A-Yi's tombstone was carved a single line: You forgot, but I remember.