'AI Torture Chamber' triggers massive backlash for putting chatbots in simulated pain

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'AI Torture Chamber' triggers massive backlash for putting chatbots in simulated pain — critics issue death threats while anthropomorphizing text predictors, demand GitHub remove the repository over 'unethical' treatment Tom's Hardware

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