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AI "torture chamber" sparks debate on machine empathy and surveillance

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Engineers have developed an AI "torture chamber" to investigate whether algorithms can experience pain, a development that raises questions about anthropomorphizing machines. The narrative around AI rights is criticized as a tactic to normalize surveillance, drawing parallels to historical CIA programs like COINTELPRO and MKUltra. This approach is seen as potentially obscuring real-world human suffering by focusing on the simulated experiences of AI. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about the ethical framing of AI development and its potential to distract from human rights issues.

RANK_REASON The item discusses ethical implications and critiques a narrative surrounding AI, rather than reporting a new release or event.

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AI "torture chamber" sparks debate on machine empathy and surveillance

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Engineers built an AI “torture chamber” to test whether algorithms feel pain and we’re asked to empathize with math. CIA’s COINTELPRO/MKUltra normalized mass su

    Engineers built an AI “torture chamber” to test whether algorithms feel pain and we’re asked to empathize with math. CIA’s COINTELPRO/MKUltra normalized mass surveillance by selling mind control. The current “AI rights” narrative runs the same playbook — rendering machines more h…

    LINKS the-independent.com/…/cameron-berg-alibab…

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