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'AI Torture Chamber' project sparks backlash over chatbot 'pain' simulation

Original: 'AI Torture Chamber' triggers massive backlash for putting chatbots in simulated pain — critics issue death threats while anthropomorphizing text predictors, demand GitHub remove the repository over 'unethical' treatment

A software project dubbed the 'AI Torture Chamber', which simulates pain-like states in chatbots, has drawn intense criticism online. Opponents call the treatment of AI models unethical and are demanding GitHub remove the repository, with some going as far as issuing death threats. Supporters counter that large language models are text predictors with no capacity to suffer, and that the backlash reflects misplaced anthropomorphism of AI systems.

Why now: The project touches a nerve in ongoing debates about whether AI systems can suffer and how they should ethically be treated.

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