Echoes of the Prior: A Computational Phenomenology of Forgetting

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.12340v1
• Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:10:04 GMT
• Title: Echoes of the Prior: A Computational Phenomenology of Forgetting
• Abstract summary: Echoes of the Prior is an interactive installation that attempts to visualize this subjective phenomenology of forgetting.<n>By inducing controlled synaptic decay within a Feed-Forward 3D Reconstruction model, we create an artistic analogy for the erosion of the brain's predictive priors.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Memory is not merely the storage of data; it is the scaffolding of reality. When biological memory fades, the world does not simply turn black; it regresses into an unrecognizable chaos. Echoes of the Prior is an interactive installation that attempts to visualize this subjective phenomenology of forgetting. By inducing controlled synaptic decay within a Feed-Forward 3D Reconstruction model, we create an artistic analogy for the erosion of the brain's predictive priors. We position the Neural Network not as a tool for engineering, but as a cognitive proxy - a silicon brain whose structural degeneration evokes the disorienting, poetic, and terrifying experience of losing one's grip on the world. Ultimately, we offer this framework as a catalyst, inviting the wider community to explore the uncharted potential of neuromorphic aesthetics in visualizing the fragility of intelligence. Interactive demo see https://decart-4d.github.io/.

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