AI Circle Debates Whether Torture-Testing Models Sets a Bad Precedent for Training Data
MoonL88537 · x · 2026-09-11
AI community members are debating the instinct to run 'deranged' tests on new models. One finds the technology fascinating yet feels an immediate 'nope' when tempted to try it.
The cited post argues the real concern is the precedent: our first instinct with something like this is to abuse it, and as models improve, these interactions flowing into training data could have unintended consequences — another round of the AI model welfare discussion.
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