# Could Getting AI To Feel Pain Be The Cure To Preventing Existential Risk And Human Extinction?

- Source: Forbes
- Published: 2026-10-22T03:56:16+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2026/10/21/could-getting-ai-to-feel-pain-be-the-cure-to-preventing-existential-risk-and-human-extinction/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/could-getting-ai-to-feel-pain-be-the-cure-to-preventing-existential-ri-3087c5/

Some believe that getting AI to feel pain would prevent existential risk from AI. Either way, the question is does AI have pain? An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

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