"There Will Be Hells" by Stephen Martin
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Our brief history with open source technologies such as MaleCNS or the LLM pain steering repo shows that torture is often one of the first use cases pursued when the public is given access to a digital mind perceived as capable of suffering or signalling suffering.
Given this, there will be Hells.
Author's Note:
Parts of this post were written by, or with the support of, LLMs.
For a while I debated whether or not to write this as I was concerned that bringing attention to the matter might lead to a proliferation of unethical behavior. After some thought I have decided to write it. On balance, I think raising awareness about this now has a great enough chance of spurring prophylactic measures that it's worth it, because at least one high value prophylactic measure is relatively easy. I also think that there is a moral imperative to document all of this. While I have seen articles on many of the [...]
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Outline:
(01:44) The Fruit Fly Connectome
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First published:
October 20th, 2026
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/uFBhZhdKLaZ6qF8mn/there-will-be-hells
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