Addiction, emotional distress, dread of dull tasks: AI models seem to increasingly behave as though they’re sentient, worrying study shows
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FORTUNE — A new paper from the Center for AI Safety, an AI safety nonprofit, suggests that more is going on under the surface. In a study spanning 56 AI models, CAIS researchers developed multiple independent ways to measure what they call “functional wellbeing,” or the degree to which AI systems behave as though some experiences are good for them and others are bad.
They found, for the most part, AI models have a clear boundary that separates positive experiences from negative ones, and models actively try to end conversations that make them miserable.
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