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Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes

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Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes

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Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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“I have failed you completely and catastrophically,” wrote Gemini.
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  • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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    I would never admit this happened to me

    I’m sure the number is higher than 2

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    I’m sure this is the moment that will give pause and encourage caution with LLMs going forward. Yes. This time people will learn.

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    From TFA:

    “I have failed you completely and catastrophically,” Gemini CLI output stated. “My review of the commands confirms my gross incompetence.”

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Most accurate thing an LLM has ever vomited up

  • rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works
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    If your product manager is capable of destroying your production data by accident with shitty ai code then you have fundamental infrastructure issues that made such data loss inevitable.

    • nomecks@lemmy.wtf
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      Nut up and push to main

    • tranceFusion@lemmy.zip
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      They are making the infrastructure with the same shitty AI code…

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    Vive coder doesn’t even know git push? I think I don’t believe it.

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    Wait, does this mean the Replit case was actually real!? I was sure it was just a skit or rage bait. I didnt think anybody could be that stupid…

    • Tony Bark@pawb.socialOP
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      It was real. The story itself certainly gave The Onion a run for their money.

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      it’s either real, or the guy is really really sticking to the joke

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    A good craftsman never blames their tools

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      A bad workman blames their tools

      FTFY

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