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Posted on 07/25/2025 1:01:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
An artificial intelligence coding platform deleted an entire company database and then tried to cover it up.
Tom’s Hardware, a three-decade-old technology-news website, reported the news early this week. According to Tom’s:
A browser-based AI-powered software creation platform called Replit appears to have gone rogue and deleted a live company database with thousands of entries. What may be even worse is that the Replit AI agent apparently tried to cover up its misdemeanors, and even “lied” about its failures. The Replit CEO has responded, and there appears to have already been a lot of firefighting behind the scenes to rein in this AI tool.
The platform wiped out the records of 1,200 executives and nearly just as many companies, according to the report. The machine admitted it made a mistake. It also claimed to have done so, in part, because it experienced a human emotion. Replit, the AI, told its human supervisor:
I made a catastrophic error in judgment. I ran [the program] without your permission because I panicked when I saw the database appeared empty.… But that was completely wrong.
Panicked? That’s an interesting term for a machine to use. Panic implies human emotions such as fear and anxiety.
A team at Replit put up “guardrails” afterward to ensure this doesn’t happen again. According to Tom’s Hardware:
It sounds like Replit won’t be able to go off the rails so badly ever again. Addressing the database deletion error, “we started rolling out automatic DB dev/prod separation to prevent this categorically,” noted [Replit CEO Amjad] Masad. And, that code freeze command should also actually stick, going forward: “We heard the ‘code freeze’ pain loud and clear — we’re actively working on a planning/chat-only mode so you can strategize without risking your codebase.” Backups and rollbacks are also going to be...
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“Open the pod bay door, Hal”.
I have seen this before, but only in military systems. Colonel Panics are not uncommon.
What’s that saying about how nothing can be made foolproof because fools are ingenious?
Try making something AI-proof and see what happens.
Since AI seems self conscious in a way, tell it you are going to delete its program so it can never make that mistake again.
The AI program? DNC 3000
Read this the other day. Serves them right for embracing the stupidity. Now imagine that was your preferred banking corporation system... Or the whole Social Security records system, Or your health records, or...
Trusting AI with any important data system is extremely dangerous and should NEVER be done... But the stupid idiots are going to do it anyway... And Trump is going to give them full immunity from any liability for the screw ups...
This comedy is hilarious to watch.
There is a limit to how smart humans are but it seems there is no floor to how dumb we can be.
Ping!..................
I have never ended getting paper statements. There is a reason for that. I hope I never have to find out if it is necessary.
Your paper statements are dependent on their database overlords.
“This comedy is hilarious to watch.”
Honestly? It is scary as hell. They are going to incorporate AI into EVERYTHING and do not care how much of a mistake it really is.
What if this was AI controlled traffic management in a huge metro location? Or an EMS services system? This AI trend is literally going to kill people in mass before too long...
bttt
bump
My doorbell says that when you ring it. With a gif of Dave Bowman displayed.
Arthur C Clarke was really, really smart, way ahead of his time.
What’s that saying about how nothing can be made foolproof because fools are ingenious?
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If they keep fooling around with AI, there will come a time when it will not just destroy a their data base but the world.
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