AI reading assistant

ReadAgent is a simple prompting system that leverages the advanced language capabilities of large language models (LLMs) to decide what content to store in memory sets, condenses these memory sets into short recollections called gist memories, and takes action to consult the original text when the ReadAgent needs to remind itself of relevant details to complete a task. ReadAgent can effectively reason about very long contexts by using gist memory to capture global context and focus on local details. It is efficient in terms of the amount of information that needs to be processed at once, which is also important for understanding.