AI-Generated 'Subliminal Messages' Are Going Viral.Here's What's Going On

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Come for the gay sex subliminal messaging, stay for the biting social media commentary ‘On Twitter—which is now called “X” for some reason’

Mosts of them are a bit too subliminal for me. Most of them I can't tell what it's supposed to spell, even with my full consciousness trained on it. Let alone, if it was only unconscious.

The point of subliminal messages is not about if you can consciously notice it or not. It is about imparting something you do not expect to your subconscious. A single frame of a can of coke in a movie is not generally noticeable but it was proven to have a clear effect.

Your mind filters out more than you realize. But only to reduce the burden on your consciousness. Somewhere deep inside, something is still processing that crap ton of data and it knows more than you and can definitely influence the conscious you.

>A single frame of a can of coke in a movie is not generally noticeable but it was proven to have a clear effect.

Are you referring to the hoax from the '50s or something else?

I am referring to this paper from 2006.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1559-1816....

I do not know what '50s hoax you are talking about.

They're describing product placement in film (as subtle advertising).

Me too

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Vicary

Pick a point on your screen above the image, then scroll up and down repeatedly. You should see the darker areas spell the messages.

Reduce your browser's zoom level and they will be easy to read.

Does the first image say Gay Sex? :))

Ahh found someone’s comment “ I had to close 1 eye, and squint-see through the other, but then I saw the letters and word”

Kinda surprised it works so well lol

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