# Conceptarium - Paul Bricman **Covers**:: **Source**:: [Conceptarium - Paul Bricman](https://paulbricman.com/thoughtware/conceptarium) **Creator**:: [[paulbricman.com]] # Highlights ##### ^250209906 Goto: https://paulbricman.com/thoughtware/conceptarium?__readwiseLocation=0%2F3%2F0%2F0%3A0%2C0%2F3%2F0%2F0%3A164#:~:text=A%20conceptarium%20(noun.%20%2Fkns%C9%9Bpt%C9%9Bri%C9%99m%2F%2C%20plural%3A%2Ca%20new%20representation%20of%20knowledge #TO/EXPLORE/READ ###### ^250209906q A conceptarium (noun. /knsɛptɛriəm/, plural: conceptaria) is a fluid medium for storing, relating, and surfacing thoughts based on a new representation of knowledge ^250209906 ##### ^278371594 Goto: https://paulbricman.com/thoughtware/conceptarium?__readwiseLocation=0%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F3%2F0%2F0%3A0%2C0%2F0%2F0%2F1%2F3%2F0%2F0%3A259#:~:text=tl%3BdrA%20personal%20knoweldge%20base%20which%2Cits%20functionality%20through%20an%20API. ###### ^278371594q tl;drA personal knoweldge base which requires minimal book-keeping while offering powerful search capabilities out-of-the-box. It can store both written notes and images, can keep track of what’s on top of mind, and exposes all of its functionality through an API. ^278371594 ##### ^253992871 Goto: https://paulbricman.com/thoughtware/conceptarium?__readwiseLocation=0%2F7%2F0%2F0%3A2%2C0%2F0%2F5%2F7%2F0%2F0%3A1#:~:text=e%20semantic%20embedding%20of%20a%2Cother%20in%20semantic%20space.%201 ###### ^253992871q e semantic embedding of a document is a set of spatial coordinates, a finite list of numbers which indicate its location in space. Notably, this is not a physical space, and the document coordinates are not related to latitude and longitude. Rather, documents live in a *semantic space*, a space of possible meanings, with way more than three dimensions. Clever statistical models take on the task of *projecting* individual documents onto semantic space automatically, providing the actual coordinates. The semantic embedding of a document is strictly a function of its contents, with nothing else influencing its location. As dimensions of meaning are expressed as dimensions of space, documents which mean similar things are to be found close to each other in semantic space. [1](https://paulbricman.com/thoughtware/conceptarium\#fn:2) ^253992871 ##### ^278372056 ###### ^278372056q The semantic embedding of a document is a set of spatial coordinates ... documents live in a [semantic space](https://web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3/6.pdf), a space of possible meanings ... Clever statistical models take on the task of *projecting* individual documents onto semantic space automatically ^278372056 ##### ^278372057 ###### ^278372057q documents live in a [semantic space](https://web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3/6.pdf), a space of possible meanings ... Clever statistical models take on the task of *projecting* individual documents onto semantic space automatically ^278372057 ##### ^278372080 Goto: https://paulbricman.com/thoughtware/conceptarium?__readwiseLocation=0%2F14%2F0%2F0%3A180%2C2%2F14%2F0%2F0%3A64#:~:text=In%20many%20cognitive%20architectures%20of%2Cabout%20how%20memories%20are%20retrieved ###### ^278372080q In many cognitive architectures of human memory, *activation* is a pervasive way of thinking about how memories are retrieved ^278372080 ##### ^278372108 Goto: https://paulbricman.com/thoughtware/conceptarium?__readwiseLocation=4%2F14%2F0%2F0%3A195%2C4%2F14%2F0%2F0%3A318#:~:text=The%20activation%20of%20a%20memory%2Crecency%2C%20frequency%2C%20and%20contextual%20relevance ###### ^278372108q The activation of a memory is a function of several factors, mainly including: recency, frequency, and contextual relevance ^278372108