The Positive Experience Principle: Forecasting Conscious Choices with AI Embeddings
arXiv (Cornell University) July 18, 2026 Zheng Su, Mingyan Fang
A fundamental challenge in the science of consciousness is the lack of a universal, predictive framework for motivated behavior. While existing theories excel at describing specific mechanisms, from neural pathways to computational models, they do not provide a foundational principle that explains the consistent direction of conscious systems toward certain states and away from others. To...