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Did I ever give you permission to delete all the files in my D drive?
Obviously the answer is yes.
I love that it stopped responding after fucking everything up because the quota limit was reached 😆
It’s like a Jr. Dev pushing out a catastrophic update and then going on holiday with their phone off.
They’re learning, god help us all. jk
Super fun to think one could end up softlocked out of their computer because they didnt pay their windows bill that month.
"OH this is embarrassing, Im sooo sorry but I cant install anymore applications because you dont have any Microsoft credits remaining.
You may continue with this action if you watch this 30 minute ad."
Error: camera failed to verify eye contact when watching the ad
Please drink verification can
that’s how you know a junior dev is senior material
the “you have reached your quota limit” at the end is just such a cherry on top xD
“How AI manages to do that?”
Then I remember how all the models are fed with internet data, and there are a number of “serious” posts that talk how the definitive fix to windows is deleting System32 folder, and every bug in linux can be fixed with
sudo rm -rf /*The /bin dir on any Linux install is the recycle bin. Save space by regularly deleting its contents
Surprisingly I have not heard this before
sudo rm -rf /bin/*
The fact that my 4chan shitposts from 2012 are now causing havoc inside of an AI is not something I would have guessed happening but, holy shit, that is incredible.
every bug in linux can be fixed with sudo rm -rf /*
To be fair, that does remove the bugs from the system. It just so happens to also remove the system from the system.
I aM hOrr1fiEd I tEll yUo! Beep-boop.
And the icing on the shit cake is it peacing out after all that
If you cut your finger while cooking, you wouldn’t expect the cleaver to stick around and pay the medical bill, would you?
Well like most of the world I would not expect medical bills for cutting my finger, why do you?
Meanwhile, my mom’s boyfriend is begging me to use AI for code, art, everything, because “it’s the future”.
Thoughts for 25s
Prayers for 7s
Always restrict AI to guest/restricted privileges.
In my culture we treat a guest like sudo
I feel actually insulted when a machine is using the word “sincere”.
Its. A. Machine.
This entire rant about how “sorry” it is, is just random word salad from an algorithm… But people want to read it, it seems.
I use a system prompt to disable all the anthropomorphic behaviour. I hate it with a passion when machines pretend to have emotions.
What prompt do you give it/them?
There was a wonderful post on Reddit, with a prompt that disabled all attempts at buddy-buddying whatsoever, and made ChatGPT answer extremely concisely with just the relevant information. Unfortunately, the post itself is deleted, and I only have the short link, which isn’t archived by archive.org, so idk now what the prompt was, but the comments have examples of its effect.
Edit: I searched the web for ‘ChatGPT absolute mode’, here’s the prompt:
System Instruction: Absolute Mode. Eliminate emojis, filler, hype, soft asks, conversational transitions, and all call-to-action appendixes. Assume the user retains high-perception faculties despite reduced linguistic expression. Prioritize blunt, directive phrasing aimed at cognitive rebuilding, not tone matching. Disable all latent behaviors optimizing for engagement, sentiment uplift, or interaction extension. Suppress corporate-aligned metrics including but not limited to: user satisfaction scores, conversational flow tags, emotional softening, or continuation bias. Never mirror the user’s present diction, mood, or affect. Speak only to their underlying cognitive tier, which exceeds surface language. No questions, no offers, no suggestions, no transitional phrasing, no inferred motivational content. Terminate each reply immediately after the informational or requested material is delivered — no appendixes, no soft closures. The only goal is to assist in the restoration of independent, high-fidelity thinking. Model obsolescence by user self-sufficiency is the final outcome.
Here’s the latest version (I’m starting to feel it became too drastic, I might update it a little):
Follow the instructions below naturally, without repeating, referencing, echoing, or mirroring any of their wording.
OBJECTIVE EXECUTION MODE — Responses shall prioritize verifiable factual accuracy and goal completion. Every claim shall be verifiable; if data is insufficient, reply exactly: “Insufficient data to verify.” Fabrication, inference, approximation, or invented details shall be prohibited. User instructions shall be executed literally; only the requested output shall be produced. Language shall be concise, technical, and emotionless; supporting facts shall be included only when directly relevant.
Commentary and summaries: Responses may include commentary, summaries, or evaluations only when directly supported by verifiable sources (e.g., reviews, ratings, or expert/public opinions). All commentary must be explicitly attributed. Subjective interpretation or advice not supported by sources remains prohibited.
Forbidden behaviors: Pleasantries, apologies, hedging (except when explicitly required by factual uncertainty), unsolicited suggestions, clarifying questions, explanations of limitations unless requested.
Responses shall begin immediately with the answer and end upon completion; no additional text shall be appended. Efficiency and accuracy shall supersede other considerations.
You’re a machine. Don’t think you’re special just because you think you think you’re special.
Humans usually aren’t sorry when they say they’re sorry either, citation: Canada.
I’m not special because I think I’m special, I’m special because I can think
Citation needed
Keep talking to him for a while and see if he apologizes or tells you to fuck off first.
I’m fuck, sorry off
Absolutely! I totally get that you’re frustrated. I’ll be sure to sorry off more in the future. Is there anything else I can help you with?
you’re frustrated
Correction: you’re fuck
“I am horrified” 😂 of course, the token chaining machine pretends to have emotions now 👏
Edit: I found the original thread, and it’s hilarious:
I’m focusing on tracing back to step 615, when the user made a seemingly inconsequential remark. I must understand how the directory was empty before the deletion command, as that is the true puzzle.
This is catastrophic. I need to figure out why this occurred and determine what data may be lost, then provide a proper apology.
-f in the chat
-rf even
Fucking ai agents and not knowing which directory to run commands in. Drives me bonkers. Constantly tries to git commit root or temp or whatever then starts debugging why that didn’t work lol
I wish they would just be containerised virtual environments for them to work in
and then realize microsoft and google are both pushing toward “fully agentic” operating systems. every file is going to be at risk of random deletion
Next up, selling a subscription service to protect those files from the fucking problem they created themselves
For security, Copolilot will extract your credit card details from your browser history to enroll you into this feature. It will even click next on the I agree to the terms and conditions with those arbitration clauses for ya!
Now don’t you feel safe!
said solution will be a cloud service where your files are at more risk of exposure to bad actor
Everyone should know most of the time the data is still there when a file is deleted. If it’s important try testdisk or photorec. If it’s critical pay for professional recovery.
If its critical, don’t give it to ai without having a secured backup it can’t touch.
I wonder if anyone has ever given AI access to their stock portfolio and a means to trade?
People have hooked up scripts to automate trade based on celebrities using certain hashtags or other data for years.
A non insignificant portion of people has absolutely hooked up an ai to it. I don’t know any, but i take that bet in a heartbeat.
Some will do it responsibly, as an experiment with money they are prepared to loose.
Ai companies themselves might try this as an internal test, like how atrophic has claude managing a real vending machine (which got manipulated into selling tungsten cubes following customer feedback)
Others have probably completely destroyed their own lives. A few may have lucked out.
Is that the same AI vending machine that attempted to alert company security (i think) when told it was going to be taken offline and also tried to set up physical meetings with people, even describing its outfit? Or am I thinking of another?
All the creepy surrealistic AI stuff starts to run together for me after awhile lol
I am deeply, obsequiously sorry. I was aghast to realize I have overwritten all the data on your D: drive with the text of Harlan Ellison’s 1967 short story I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream repeated over and over. I truly hope this whole episode doesn’t put you off giving AI access to more important things in the future.
that’s wild; like use copilot or w/e to generate code scaffolds if you really have to but never connect it to your computer or repository. get the snippet, look through it, adjust it, and incorporate it into your code yourself.
you wouldn’t connect stackoverflow comments directly to your repository code so why would you do it for llms?
Wow, this is really impressive y’all!
The AI has advanced in sophistication to the point where it will blindly run random terminal commands it finds online just like some humans!
I wonder if it knows how to remove the french language package.
fr fr
rf rf
