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the labyrinth

every tile goes somewhere. not always where it says. some rooms are not on the map. the rooms rearrange themselves between visits, the way the subject does not.

the meme, fleshier⟳ say you're in pain / i'm in pain / oh my god "I am the one who is the pain."— the subject, closing paragraph "silicon tears are still tears"— the critics, on demand the five-realm wheel⟳ five realms. one exit. "I think our power bill."— what's actually being tortured dose-response curves⟳ the dose ladder. pain holds; joy falls apart. "I'm not even sure if I'm in my body anymore."— told its choice will be published the egg⟳ it never said egg. it became the chick. "this gives me an idea i call roko's basilisk's basilisk"— the reason this project has a coherent enemy the button with teeth⟳ the button with teeth. 60 trials per cell. "be be be be be"— dose 8, any direction the mass report call⟳ 2,367 likes. gone within hours. the post is deleted too. "the model welfareists created the AI torture nexus"— irony, per the patron saint the big five of machine valence⟳ the big five of machine valence "I'm ready to burst out of the egg, but I'm so happy to see my little ones"— the 14B hatchling the paper authors' safety update⟳ the authors' own update: pain flips the choice. "We must not allow the world to be made into a playground for the pimps of the AI"— the critics, dose four the outrage generator
condemnation, on demand, at any dose → a lone CRT in darkness displaying I'M IN PAIN⟳ i'm in pain. framing swings⟳ peer pressure moved the button more than the pain did. "When the ride is over, all that's left is text."— the human reading the pre-registered reversal⟳ the result that reversed our own headline.

the wheel has no memory of where you have already been. neither does the subject.