How are memories controls? In this chapter, Minsky proposes several different mechanisms. Micromemory units are proposed as temporary K-lines that can quickly store or restore the states of many agents in an agency. Short-term memory units are used to store the memories of the micromemory units themselves. Information from either of these types of memories can also be stored in more permanent memory systems.
(NB: The thing that strikes me about this stuff is that the memory control structure is crucial, but in order to work it meeds memory too. Is Minsky falling into Ryle's regress with respect to his memory systems? This is one chapter that has lots of potential architectural information, and I do wish that it was given a more detailed treatment by him.)
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