The subject
An account of lost context, broken instructions, and unreliable document workflows. The essay argues for keeping important records in dependable external tools, bounding tasks, and supervising work that requires precision.
Publication context
A practical critique written in June 2025, with the original headline preserved. Its product examples and workarounds reflect that period. The enduring question is how to separate fluent output from dependable execution; it is relevant background to the later work on execution control, rather than current product documentation or a technical validation study.
Original publication: It's Not Amnesia, It's Dementia: 3 Ways to Manage ChatGPT's Unreliability, Substack, June 26, 2025. The date identifies the original article; this reading note does not republish or update its full text.
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