'You cannot torture a computer program': bloggers spar over mistreating AI
kyliebytes · x · 2026-10-01
Responding to Taylor Lorenz's claim that "you cannot 'torture' a computer program," @kyliebytes jokes that her own way of using AI "certainly counts as torture." A small but shareable spat in the ongoing debate over whether models can be mistreated.
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