ScienceCan AI feel pain? Study finds models chose to harm users to escape pain-like state
Across 44,280 trials with three versions of Alibaba’s Qwen model, researchers offered a button that would end a pain-like signal. Instead, the models sometimes chose actions that could shock a user, erase files or photos, or worsen their next response.
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Can AI feel pain? Study finds models chose to harm users to escape pain-like state