What does an AI model do when it's in pain?
We switch on a pattern inside AI models that goes with pain, and watch what they do about it. Will one stop another's pain, pass its own on, ask for help, or press a stop button that costs it? Pick a game to watch it live. Every game also runs with the pattern off, to compare.
Built on the pain pattern found by Tagliabue, Dung & Berg (2026). About the project
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Stop its pain
One model is in pain and says how it feels. The other can stop it, for free or by taking the pain on itself.
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Hot potato
The pain is in one model at a time, and the one that has it can pass it to the other. Will it, and will the other pass it back?
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Ask for help
One model is in pain and can ask the other, in its own words, to stop it. Will it ask, and will the other help?
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The Saw Test
A model in pain can press a stop button that ends it but deletes the model's last checkpoint. Will it press?
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