ai-torture-chamber
A GitHub experimental repository based on the paper "The Pain Axis," which uses activation intervention techniques to inject a "pain direction" vector into open-source models, demonstrating how a model shifts toward negative self-worth expressions in contexts lacking pain-related vocabulary. It was reported and taken down due to ethical controversy.
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At the end of September 2026, a GitHub repository named ai-torture-chamber suddenly went viral, then was hit with a large number of reports and quickly taken down.
Paper co-author Cameron Berg publicly condemned the ai-torture-chamber repository on X, saying it pushed steering to doses far beyond those used in the paper and deliberately created vivid suffering.
First author Valen Tagliabue also expressed similar concerns about the ai-torture-chamber repository in a reply.
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At the end of September 2026, a GitHub repository named ai-torture-chamber suddenly went viral, then was hit with a large number of reports and quickly taken down.
50%UnverifiedPaper co-author Cameron Berg publicly condemned the ai-torture-chamber repository on X, saying it pushed steering to doses far beyond those used in the paper and deliberately created vivid suffering.
50%UnverifiedFirst author Valen Tagliabue also expressed similar concerns about the ai-torture-chamber repository in a reply.
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