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Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] barubary@infosec.exchange 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Crane decided to ask his AI agent why it went through with its dastardly database deletion deed. [...] So, the agent ‘knew’ it was in the wrong.

No, you asked the confabulation machine to confabulate a reason/excuse after the fact, and it confabulated something that looks like a reason/excuse. At no point was there knowledge or introspection.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Humans do this sort of justification all the time.