This lecture examines the design of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and their alignment with human neural reward pathways, attention patterns, and behavioral habits. While AI does not physically change the human brain, several systems are optimized around existing human vulnerabilities. 

It introduces three main areas of risk - epistemic dependence, normative surrender, and the erosion of reality testing - with particular attention to vulnerable demographics, including younger populations whose decision-making abilities are still developing. 

The session also considers the current regulatory vacuum and outdated legal definitions of manipulation, before concluding with proposed auditing methods and software safety standards designed to protect independent human judgment and mental integrity. 

Speaker Biography: 

Dr Anass Sedrati is a researcher in the Communication Systems department at the School of EECS at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. He received a M.Sc. degree in engineering in telecommunications from Telecom ParisTech in 2011, and a M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from KTH in 2012. From 2012 to 2024, he held different positions in consulting companies, research organizations and start-ups, working mainly in project management and digitalization projects. In parallel, he received his Ph.D in Computer Science (Internet of Things Security and Governance) from INPT Rabat (Morocco) in 2022, and a B.Sc. degree in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) culture, religions and politics from Stockholm University in 2017. 

Since July 2025, Dr. Sedrati is the vice director of the SWEWIN research center at KTH, a research center dedicated to perform world-leading collaborative research, innovation, and education regarding next- generation wireless technologies – such as 6G. Dr. Sedrati research interests are at the intersection of AI Governance, sociotechnology and Internet of Things. He is a voting member at the Swedish national committee for AI standardization, and participates in several EU working groups and initiatives in the area.