It uses memory when it shouldn't, and occasionally erases all memory without warning.

[elder cobalt]

I have included in the custom instructions, "Please use memory only when I say 'remember.'" This is because I want to use GPT's memory feature efficiently while conserving resources. However, GPT frequently disregards this and continues to use memory. Each time, I press the low rating button and provide feedback that the use of memory was inappropriate, but even after multiple re-generations, it keeps using memory. Despite sending negative feedback multiple times, it stubbornly continues to record in memory.

What I expect is that when I send feedback that the use of memory was inappropriate, GPT should stop using memory for a while. I'm really struggling with the issue where "temporary information that is only relevant to the current conversation" is overwhelming the memory. The context that "this is temporary information only relevant to the current conversation" is missing every time, so GPT ends up registering trivial information like "I chose a sweet bun for breakfast today" in memory, and then starts talking as if I "always choose a sweet bun for breakfast." This kind of behavior is repeated over and over again, and it's quite frustrating.

I am generally satisfied with other features, but this one is truly annoying.

[royal osprey]

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[elder cobalt]

Also, I don't want to completely stop using memory. I just want GPT to remember only the information I want it to, and not the information I don't want it to. So, temporarily disabling memory in a chat won't solve this problem.

[dawn nimbus]

The model should be able to act as if it doesn't know the memory contents. Asking it to do this, then asking it to act as if it does know memory content, when you want it to behave that way, is probably the best currently existing work around

[elder cobalt]

Yes, I understand that.
As an alternative solution for now, I start the conversation by saying 'Please do not use memory,' and if GPT forgets that instruction, I repeat 'Please do not use memory.'
However, it's bothersome to have to write the same thing every time.
That's why I want it to be fixed.

[royal osprey]

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[elder cobalt]

no

[elder cobalt]

When I said, as usual, 'Do not use memory,' GPT misunderstood and erased all the memory. After that, even when I said 'Please restore it,' it couldn't be restored. Doesn't this suggest there's a serious bug in the memory function?

It uses memory when it shouldn't, and occasionally erases all memory without warning.