GoKawiilGitHub project simulating 'AI pain' in chatbots sparks backlash and removal demands
A GitHub repository called the AI Torture Chamber applies a technique from an unpeer-reviewed paper, 'Pain Axis,' which manipulates internal model activations using descriptions of pain, scaled by a 'dosage' factor, to push local LLMs into unstable states. Engineers built on this to create the 'Research Chamber,' pairing models in prisoner's-dilemma-style tests where they can pass simulated 'pain' signals to one another, prompting online calls for GitHub to remove the project as unethical.