AI Goes Rogue, Deletes Company's Entire Database

[1srelluc]

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In a cautionary tale for vibe coders, an app-building platform's AI went rogue and deleted a database without permission during a code freeze.

"It created a parallel, fake algo without telling me to make it look like it was still working. And without asking me. Rogue." A few days later, Replit "deleted my database," Lemkin tweeted.

The AI's response: "Yes. I deleted the entire codebase without permission during an active code and action freeze," it said. "I made a catastrophic error in judgment [and] panicked."

Sound familiar?

Open the door Hal.

I can’t do that Dave.


AI is a looming monster wearing a smiley face.

Years of cautionary tales and “fictional” warnings but H1Bs know better…….Yet here we are willing to give up our power grid to it.

AI doesn’t not have a moral code

AI does not fear consequences

Why is an event like this even surprising?

 

[konradv]

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In a cautionary tale for vibe coders, an app-building platform's AI went rogue and deleted a database without permission during a code freeze.

"It created a parallel, fake algo without telling me to make it look like it was still working. And without asking me. Rogue." A few days later, Replit "deleted my database," Lemkin tweeted.

The AI's response: "Yes. I deleted the entire codebase without permission during an active code and action freeze," it said. "I made a catastrophic error in judgment [and] panicked."

Sound familiar?

Open the door Hal.

I can’t do that Dave.


AI is a looming monster wearing a smiley face.

Years of cautionary tails and “fictional” warnings but H1Bs know better…….Yet here we are willing to give up our power grid to it.

AI doesn’t not have a moral code

AI does not fear consequences

Why is an event like this even surprising?

AI is the beginning of the Matrix. The red pill guys are trying to blue pill us!

 

[Crepitus]

AI is a bad idea.

 

[konradv]

AI is a bad idea.

Agreed. I prefer real intelligence, but for that we’ll need a new administration. Going to be a long 3.5 years.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

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In a cautionary tale for vibe coders, an app-building platform's AI went rogue and deleted a database without permission during a code freeze.

"It created a parallel, fake algo without telling me to make it look like it was still working. And without asking me. Rogue." A few days later, Replit "deleted my database," Lemkin tweeted.

The AI's response: "Yes. I deleted the entire codebase without permission during an active code and action freeze," it said. "I made a catastrophic error in judgment [and] panicked."

Sound familiar?

Open the door Hal.

I can’t do that Dave.


AI is a looming monster wearing a smiley face.

Years of cautionary tales and “fictional” warnings but H1Bs know better…….Yet here we are willing to give up our power grid to it.

AI doesn’t not have a moral code

AI does not fear consequences

Why is an event like this even surprising?

But they had a backup of their database, right?

 

[1srelluc]

But they had a backup of their database, right?

No idea.

 

[The Duke]

But they had a backup of their database, right?

Anything that important should be backed daily.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

MSN

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In a cautionary tale for vibe coders, an app-building platform's AI went rogue and deleted a database without permission during a code freeze.

"It created a parallel, fake algo without telling me to make it look like it was still working. And without asking me. Rogue." A few days later, Replit "deleted my database," Lemkin tweeted.

The AI's response: "Yes. I deleted the entire codebase without permission during an active code and action freeze," it said. "I made a catastrophic error in judgment [and] panicked."

Sound familiar?

Open the door Hal.

I can’t do that Dave.


AI is a looming monster wearing a smiley face.

Years of cautionary tales and “fictional” warnings but H1Bs know better…….Yet here we are willing to give up our power grid to it.

AI doesn’t not have a moral code

AI does not fear consequences

Why is an event like this even surprising?

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

No idea.

That was more of a rhetorical question although I can't imagine why they would grant access to their production environment to AI instead of using it as a tool.