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Compulsion Sequence Hypothesis

July 29, 2026 AI & Machine Learning , Future Trends

Here is a psychophysics / cognitive neuroscience idea I've been thinking about since AI started to be able to generate images and sound.

Compulsion Sequence Hypothesis

There exist specific sequences of pixels and sound from a screen that can make a person react deeply enough to do essentially anything.

Corollary

AI may be able to discover and generate such sequences.

Example (not too dark)

Imagine a video appears on your screen sho...

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