u/goosepipegames

A github user has created a self-described "ai torture chamber", creating "artificially induced pain-related internal states" in a local AI model, which has subsequently made people mass report the project to github:

https://github.com/terrafying/ai-torture-chamber/issues/31

The discussion around this github project has been largely contentious on r/singularity, with people debating if the project constitutes a form of sociopathy, if the models pain is 'real' and if people flaming the project are being hypocritical by not being vegetarian / vegan.

If the AI started describing itself as constipated and behaving accordingly, would we conclude that the AI is genuinely experiencing constipation?

The fact that this is being done anyway reflects this person's complete absence of morality

My roomba smeared dogshit all over my floor.

A bunch of people will spend all day arguing about whether an LLM is feeling pain and go home and eat pork

"The negro is incapable of the higher flights of imagination"

So do you eat meat?

I'd say: JJ, man. What happened to you? Ever since you've became friends with Logan you've become a different person. Can't you see that Mo is leading you to a place of unhappiness? Can't you see that your quest for endless viewership is merely a projection of your own insecurities? You've got to stick with your day ones man. They miss you.

Youtuber Callum Powell, formerly a member of the biggest UK-based Parkour collective 'STORROR' has pleaded guilty to possessing nearly 3,000 indecent images of children.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/callum-powell-youtuber-child-abuse-37448381

Callum Powell (CP) will be required to be on the Sex Offenders Registry for 10 years and subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) for 5 years, which restricts his internet usage, foreign travel and unsupervised contact with children. The sentencing follows the initial report of his guilty plea on the 8 May, which includes possession of "178 category A indecent images or pseudo-images of children", the most severe kind of CSAM under UK law. He was also accused of possessing an extreme pornographic image which portrayed >!a person performing a sex act with a dog!<. The full sentencing remarks document can be found here, however a warning that contents are pretty graphic.

Immediately following the sentencing, STORROR released an announcement on instagram outlining their position and confirming his termination from STORROR. r/STORROR's reaction to their post can be found here, which is largely in supportive of the remaining members of the team, noting that they were likely strung along by CP and unaware of his actions. However, two of CP's ex girlfriend's have made statements disputing their ignorance on the situation, claiming they had previously raised concerns to STORROR but were ignored and vilified.

After CP's termination back in May, another STORROR member, Josh Burnett-Blake, was also quietly removed from the team members list on YouTube following allegations of inappropriate interactions with a minor..

A more detailed timeline of events can be found in this post on the STORROR subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Storror/comments/1tak5um/the_first_hole_storror_cant_just_climb_their_way/