Exposomatic Influence: How Our Life Experiences Shape Us Like an AI Model

1.    Over the past few years, as I’ve delved into the workings of AI models — especially LLMs like GPT , I’ve started noticing a fascinating parallel between AI behavior and human decision-making. Just as an AI model’s responses are shaped by its training data, human actions and reactions are influenced by a lifetime of experiences, exposures, and societal conditioning.

2.    I have come to term this dynamic Exposomatic Influence — the idea that we are not just the sum of our thoughts but the product of every experience and exposure we have had, which shapes our inner character and how we see life. Just as AI models respond to prompts based on what they were trained on, humans also act in ways that can sometimes be attributed to what each person has been through, an environmental influence, and states of emotion that a person experiences in the course of their life.

3.    Take a moment to reflect on how social media, family life, education, and work environments have shaped our decisions, opinions, and behaviors — especially in today's world, where nearly every moment is documented, shared, or interacted with online. These data points — our exposomatic moments — influence everything from how we approach relationships to how we navigate our professional lives.

4.    Imagine if we could quantify and analyze these exposures. Much like how AI models are trained on vast amounts of data to predict outcomes, what if we could create an algorithm that tracks a person's experiences and suggests how they might react in a particular situation? While the complexity of human emotions, unpredictability, and the uniqueness of individual experiences add layers of challenge to this, the idea remains intriguing.

5.    Of course, challenges abound. Privacy issues would be a major concern, and no algorithm could ever encapsulate the richness of human experience — emotions, intuition, and conscious choice. But the concept of Exposomatic Influence does open an exciting path toward better understanding ourselves and others. Just as AI predictions are shaped by data, human reactions are the result of an intricate web of past experiences.

6.    In the future, we will know not only how AI makes decisions but also develop further insights into human behavior using a model of "Exposomatic Influence." It's the way through which one discovers how people are shaped through their life experiences and how they might act and behave. It could give better empathy by being able to relate to others better and advise the appropriate course of action in our relationships and professional atmospheres.