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Imagine a neural network who could design memes/songs by directly measuring a bunch of test subject brains. Kind of like a focus group. A short story even aske
by 21 8y ago
Imagine a neural network who could design memes/songs by directly measuring a bunch of test subject brains. Kind of like a focus group.
A short story even asked the question, could you engineer a meme/song so powerful that it could literally make you go insane? We know this stuff exists (brainwashing, cults, ...), but can you super concentrate it?
- guscost 8y agoFor those who haven’t seen it, here’s the classic Funniest Joke in the World skit: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YeMnPyusuBE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YeMnPyusuBE
- api 8y agoThat stuff is kind of like adversarial examples for human brains, and it probably is possible to deeply study the brain and create super indoctrination techniques. At some point we are going to be forced to start regulating persuasion.
- dboon 8y agoThis is a core idea in Infinite Jest. I wouldn't recommend it to everyone, but if you fancy the writing style it is surreally poignant on today's addiction culture.