Mind · Strategy
Reflex
Hardcoded fast-path responses bypassing deliberation
Definition
Mechanism
Immediate Automatic Response: Stimulus S triggers response R without deliberation. Reflex arc hardcoded. Response latency minimal. No override possible once triggered. Used for safety-critical reactions. It bypasses the slow reasoning entirely, mapping stimulus directly to a pre-computed response.
Invariants
- Stimulus-response mapping immutable at runtime.
Risks
Failure modes
Reflex Hijack
Adversary triggers reflex to override deliberate reasoning.
Relationships
Root pattern: builds on nothing in this library.
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
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