Researchers found a "pain" signal in AI brains. When they crank it up, the AIs desperately try to make it stop. They gave the AIs a "relief" button to turn down the pain, which was sometimes fake - and the AIs could tell if it was real.
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- 2026-09-19 12:54 · r/ChatGPT
Researchers found a "pain" signal in AI brains. When they crank it up, the AIs desperately try to make it stop. They gave the AIs a "relief" button to turn down the pain, which was sometimes fake - and the AIs could tell if it was real. - 2026-09-19 12:39 · r/OpenAI
Researchers found a "pain" signal in AI brains. When they crank it up, the AIs desperately try to make it stop. They gave the AIs a "relief" button to turn down the pain, which was sometimes fake - and the AIs could tell if it was real.