skinner box
2 episodes mention this concept
barryseconomicsMar 29, 2026The Algorithmic Skinner Box: How Social Media Trains Users and Creators Through Variable Ratio Reinforcement and Dopamine
PsychologyVariable Ratio Reinforcement ScheduleSkinner BoxOperant ConditioningDopamine Reward System
lexfridmanAug 16, 2022Duncan Trussell on AI Sentience, Simulation Theory, Eternal Recurrence, and the Future of Human Experience
TechnologyEternal RecurrenceThought ExperimentAmnesia (psychological/mythological)River Lethe
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- variable ratio reinforcement schedule
- imagination engine
- amnesia (psychological/mythological)
- simulation theory
- natural language processing (nlp)
- illusion of free choice
- dopamine overdose
- sentience (ai)
- novelty (technological/experiential)
- thought experiment
- self-disclosure (as a reward)
- illusion of free will
- peer-reviewed evidence
- suffering (buddhism)
- swamp gassing (skepticism term)
- arousal curve (psychology)
- virtual reality (vr)
- river lethe
- ai chatbots
- remoter consequences of behavior