Some comments from the dev on the GitHub thread: > It's as much "active destruction" as telling someone to eff themselves. > Funny to have GenAI proponents talk about "deliberately destroying someone's work". Why is the project still on GitHub of all places, if he's passionate enough about his cause to turn his project into malware? So weird.
How is it malware tho? Do you not check the output your agents produce?
Some comments from the dev on the GitHub thread: > It's as much "active destruction" as telling someone to eff themselves. > Funny to have GenAI proponents talk about "deliberately destroying someone's work". Why is the project still on GitHub of all places, if he's passionate enough about his cause to turn his project into malware? So weird.
Probably inertia rather than double standards? It took me a long while (several years) to even start getting rid of all Google services for myself, I completely understand the feeling.
Some comments from the dev on the GitHub thread: > It's as much "active destruction" as telling someone to eff themselves. > Funny to have GenAI proponents talk about "deliberately destroying someone's work". Why is the project still on GitHub of all places, if he's passionate enough about his cause to turn his project into malware? So weird.
Not sure if it counts as malware; AI agents are officially not supported, with warnings.
> Warning: Do not use this release with an „AI“ Coding Agent of any form. The tool‘s output may confuse the agent and make it do unwanted things. See the paragraph in the user guide for details.
Some comments from the dev on the GitHub thread: > It's as much "active destruction" as telling someone to eff themselves. > Funny to have GenAI proponents talk about "deliberately destroying someone's work". Why is the project still on GitHub of all places, if he's passionate enough about his cause to turn his project into malware? So weird.
How is it malware tho? Do you not check the output your agents produce?
Some comments from the dev on the GitHub thread: > It's as much "active destruction" as telling someone to eff themselves. > Funny to have GenAI proponents talk about "deliberately destroying someone's work". Why is the project still on GitHub of all places, if he's passionate enough about his cause to turn his project into malware? So weird.
Is there any legitimate reason for adding a prompt injection attack to your codebase? Seems like by the same logic he could disavow 'script kiddies' who just want to run his project without reading the code and have it auto-nuke if not run with a special flag?
Would never use anything by a maintainer who adds malicious code or instructions to their codebase to attack less experienced users, same thing.
Some comments from the dev on the GitHub thread: > It's as much "active destruction" as telling someone to eff themselves. > Funny to have GenAI proponents talk about "deliberately destroying someone's work". Why is the project still on GitHub of all places, if he's passionate enough about his cause to turn his project into malware? So weird.
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Some comments from the dev on the GitHub thread: > It's as much "active destruction" as telling someone to eff themselves. > Funny to have GenAI proponents talk about "deliberately destroying someone's work". Why is the project still on GitHub of all places, if he's passionate enough about his cause to turn his project into malware? So weird.
How is it malware tho? Do you not check the output your agents produce?
This isn't about me in any way. If something in your software is intentionally malicious or damaging, it's malware. Doesn't really matter what the reasoning for including the malicious part is.
Would you count this as malware if it was about the author trying to profit or steal from inattentive people using AI? You know, he could be putting those stolen goods towards a good cause, like Robin Hood.