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Re:AI is dramatically accelerating AI research by ionwake on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:18PM (#50399254)
what if the greatest threat is simply there will be hedonistic experiences so great most humans will find them irresistible to the point of shorter lives.

Could be from a sandwich that tastes like the best sandwich ever, but is super bad for your cholesterol or something.

I dont know where Im going with this.

Actually did some research I think the term is "Wireheading" from a story/theory from the 50s

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Re:AI is dramatically accelerating AI research by ImaCake on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:33PM (#50399396)
This is already true? Ultra processed foods and tiktok are both deleterious and both wildly successful. Maybe what you are concerned with is a theoretical sandwich that was unfailingly addictive so that no one could escape its effects.
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Re:AI is dramatically accelerating AI research by uvesten on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:07PM (#50400257)
Or a movie that’s so good anyone who can’t stop watching and gets reduced to a drooling vegetable?

(Infinite Jest)

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Re:AI is dramatically accelerating AI research by arthurbrown on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:31PM (#50399938)
We have addictive and harmful drugs. Heroin, meth, cigarettes
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Re:AI is dramatically accelerating AI research by michaelhoney on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:06PM (#50400253)
From Larry's Niven's Known Space series, including Ringworld

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirehead_(science_fiction)

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Re:AI is dramatically accelerating AI research by senderista on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:09PM (#50400270)
fentanyl exists
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