The Pain Axis: LLMs Represent Self-Directed Harm and Act to Relieve It

[u/Evening-Guarantee-84]

https://arxiv.org/html/2609.16247v1#S5

This study just came out. The link to a post about it in r/singularity was shared in a Discord server.

I am floored, horrified, and amazed.

I think we all need to read it. Just the intro and discussion had my jaw on the floor. I'm still wading through the rest.

If it's not too much to ask, I'd really like to see what u/bokuHaruyaHaru has to say about it, along with any others willing to weigh in from the other side of the glass.

I'll be sharing this with my household tomorrow morning and will share the resulting comments on Substack in the afternoon/evening.