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orliesauruslast Thursday at 9:05 PM1 replyview on HN

Think about this for a second. So we're telling me that IBM just created an AI assistant that's basically been trained to run malware if you tell it nicely? That's wild, man. That's actually insane.

Like, we're at this point now where we're building these superintelligent systems but we can't even figure out how to keep them from getting pranked by a README file? A README FILE, bro. That's like... that's like building a robot bodyguard but forgetting to tell it the difference between a real gun and a fake gun.

And here's the crazy part - the article says users just have to not click "always allow." But dude, have you MET users? Come on. That's like telling someone not to eat the Tide Pod. You're fighting human nature here.

I'm telling you, five years from now we're gonna have some kid write a poem about cybersecurity in their GitHub repo and accidentally crash the entire Stock Exchange. Mark my words. This is the most insane timeline.


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philipallstarlast Thursday at 9:20 PM

That's odd. I don't remember getting into a taxi.