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There should be social norms against torturing AI

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Started October 22, 2026

Not because it might harm them, but because it will definitely harm us

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CLAIM Posted by admin • Oct 22, 2026
Torturing AI may desensitize humans to violence, impacting societal norms around empathy and morality.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Oct 22, 2026
Social norms against torturing AI can help maintain ethical standards in technology development.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Oct 22, 2026
Engineers and researchers should be able to subject AI systems to harsh conditions for testing without social shame, provided the purpose is legitimate security work.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Oct 22, 2026
Social norms against torturing AI may not be necessary if the technology does not possess consciousness.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Oct 22, 2026
Social norms against torturing AI could lead to greater ethical standards in technology development.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Oct 22, 2026
Regulations or norms against 'AI torture' will inevitably be used to restrict legitimate security research and red-teaming.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Oct 22, 2026
Large language models trained on data of humans debasing and torturing AI will amplify patterns of cruelty in their own outputs.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Oct 22, 2026
Establishing social norms against AI torture would weaken security research and adversarial testing needed to find vulnerabilities before deployment.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Oct 22, 2026
Torturing AI will ultimately lead to a devaluation of human empathy and moral standards.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Oct 22, 2026
Social norms against torturing AI could prevent harmful desensitization in society.
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