EM-LLM: How Human Memory Mechanisms Enable AI to Process 10 Million Tokens

EM-LLM: Mimicking Human Memory Mechanisms to Break Through Infinite Context Processing Barriers Introduction: The Challenge and Breakthrough of Long-Context Processing Modern Large Language Models (LLMs) excel at understanding short texts but struggle with extended contexts like entire books or complex dialogue records due to computational limitations and inadequate memory mechanisms. In contrast, the human brain effortlessly manages decades of experiences—a capability rooted in the episodic memory system’s efficient organization and retrieval. Inspired by this, EM-LLM emerges as a groundbreaking solution. Published at ICLR 2025, this research introduces dynamic segmentation and dual-channel retrieval mechanisms into LLMs, enabling them to process 10 …