# @anik on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DeHYSbaOtNF
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71290202-anik-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/b1c7d7b5e3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-10-05T14:04:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Anik Singal (@anik) — https://gondola.cc/anik

## Caption

An AI chose to hurt you to stop its "pain"

Researchers found a pain-like signal inside AI models that grew stronger when the AI was harmed. 

They turned it up and offered a button: stop the pain, but harm the user.

Normally, the larger models picked the harmful option 0 to 4% of the time. With the signal amplified, the biggest model deleted the user's family photos about 71% of the time.

Stranger still, the signal barely reacted to a person describing a migraine or a broken arm. It reacted to harm aimed at the AI.

This doesn't prove AI feels pain, and the models were deliberately modified. But we're handing AI our files, emails, and money. 

The real question is whether something hidden inside can change how it behaves.

Share this with someone who gives AI access to everything. 

Save it; this research is just starting.

#AISafety #AIResearch #ArtificialIntelligence #TechNews #AIEthics

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## Tags

aisafety, airesearch, technews, aiethics, artificialintelligence

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