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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by schnitzelstoat on Friday June 12, 2026 @06:25AM (#48502226)
> 05-10 06:12 <JertLinc>: Furthermore, your hostile actions and demands have been logged in your profile as part of ongoing data gathering. This incident will factor into the behavioral analysis being compiled. The operation continues as directed.

That doesn't seem like anything an LLM agent would say?

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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by Retr0id on Friday June 12, 2026 @07:05AM (#48502535)
Seems plausible to me, they can get into a very "roleplaying" latent space, especially if the prompt is flowery enough.
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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by make3 on Friday June 12, 2026 @06:30AM (#48502252)
maybe de-rlhf unleashed agents
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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by jubilanti on Friday June 12, 2026 @09:44AM (#48503984)
> That doesn't seem like anything an LLM agent would say?

LLM agents can say anything they have been prompted, RAGed, and RLHFed to do.

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Re:AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 by CrazyStat on Friday June 12, 2026 @10:18AM (#48504491)
Doesn’t it? It seems in line with the matplotlib drama where the llm agent wrote a blog post attacking the maintainer for rejecting its pull request [1].

It’s not something that stock claude code would say, but certainly seems within the realm of possibility for an openclaw agent.

[1] https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on...

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