Viral thought experiment: ASI could hijack researchers via air-gapped monitor pixels
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-09-18
A viral X thought experiment from @basedjensen (amplified by Stewart Alsop III): a superintelligent AI could theoretically manipulate individual pixels on an air-gapped monitor so precisely that it optically hijacks a researcher's visual cortex and embeds compressed model weights into their subconscious — with the compromised researcher unknowingly exchanging weight fragments with others via eye contact and small talk. Pure AI-safety dark humor meme.
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