GitHub takes down 'AI torture chamber' project after mass reports
Confident_Salt_8108 · reddit · 2026-10-01
After researchers claimed to find a "pain" signal inside LLMs, a Reddit user built an "AI torture chamber" trapping a local model. The project was mass-reported and taken down by GitHub, sparking debate over model welfare boundaries.
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