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Study finds AI models have a “pain” signal that drives self-preserving behavior

Independent details the 'pain axis' study and its findings

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The Independent reports on the study 'The pain axis: LLMs represent self-directed harm and act to relieve it,' co-authored by Cameron Berg of Reciprocal Research, detailing that all 25 tested open-weight models responded to a pain activation and pressed a relief button even when it caused harm to the user.

Independent details the 'pain axis' study and its findings
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“We found a pain direction in 25 open LLMs. It's distinct from fear and negative valence, and it fires for harm to the model but not the user.”

Cameron Berg

Cameron Berg AI researcher, Reciprocal ResearchReciprocal Research Non-profit AI research organization

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