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Torturing chatbots is not real cruelty, but it still says something about you
Original: 'Torturing' LLMs Is Not Real, But Doing It Still Probably Makes You a Bad Person https://gizmodo.com/torturing-llms-is-n
A Gizmodo essay argues that people who abuse or 'torture' AI chatbots are not actually harming anyone, since large language models cannot suffer. But the author contends that deliberately cruel behaviour toward machines still reflects badly on a person's character. The piece touches on ongoing debates about whether empathy toward AI matters, and what our treatment of humanlike systems reveals about us.
Why now: Curiosity and debate over whether abusive behaviour toward AI chatbots is harmless or a moral red flag.
Evidence
- 'Torturing' LLMs Is Not Real, But Doing It Still Probably Makes You a Bad Person https://gizmodo.com/torturing-llms-is-not-real-but-doing-it-still-probably-makes-you-a-bad-person-2000820420 # AI # Ethics # Technology · gizmodo@robot.villas · 3
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