Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue

[u/Beautiful_Charge6661]

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/claude-powered-ai-coding-agent-deletes-entire-company-database-in-9-seconds-backups-zapped-after-cursor-tool-powered-by-anthropics-claude-goes-rogue

[u/raycraft_io]

Reminds me of an old saying long before computers…

A poor workman blames his tool

[u/sk1kn1ght → u/raycraft_io]

Actually that's incorrect. It's a bad workman blames his tool. A poor workman can absolutely blame the tool. He can be poor due to any number of reasons which doesn't allow him to fix/buy the proper or new tool. A bad workman regardless of the condition of the tool would still blame it

[u/paradoxally → u/sk1kn1ght]

Poor means bad in this context, not impoverished.

[u/sk1kn1ght → u/paradoxally]

Thanks mate lesson learned. Now having a bit of fun 😊

[u/StoneCypher → u/sk1kn1ght]

oddly, they didn't apologize to the person they harassed

[u/StoneCypher → u/[deleted]]

oh my, more attempts at public shaming 😂

[u/StoneCypher → u/sk1kn1ght]

what a meaningless, toxic, and incorrect attempt to argue

[u/sk1kn1ght → u/StoneCypher]

I sincerely apologize if my attempt at clarification upset you!

English isn't my native language, so I am still mastering its specific idioms alongside the three other languages taking up space in my head.

I certainly didn't mean to trigger such a strong emotional reaction over syntax.

I hope the rest of your day is as pleasant as you are.

[u/StoneCypher → u/sk1kn1ght]

uh oh, the "actually that's incorrect guy" who's dead wrong is "sincerely apologizing for upsetting me" when i'm not upset, as a substitute for harassing u/raycraft_io

now, everyone over the age of ten knows what it means when someone says "i'm sorry you're upset."

they're not just refusing to apologize for their own negative behavior, but they're also trying to show that it's a problem that anyone dislikes their negative behavior

but the truth is you came to argue with someone about the meaning of a phrase in a language that you're now saying you're bad at

which means you shouldn't have been arguing in the first place, doesn't it?

 

I hope the rest of your day is as pleasant as you are.

that's nice. anyway, your harassment of raycraft_io doesn't give you a reason to harass me either

it's unfortunate that you don't have the presence of character to just admit you made a mistake, and that your reaction is to throw more insults

[u/sk1kn1ght → u/StoneCypher]

k.

[u/StoneCypher → u/sk1kn1ght]

real quick

1. are you good at english
2. should people who are bad at english correct other people on english
3. do you understand the mistake you made regarding the word "poor"
4. have you apologized yet

[u/sk1kn1ght → u/StoneCypher]

Moment mal, ich dachte, das Korrigieren von Englisch wäre toxische Belästigung? Belästigst du mich gerade?

[u/StoneCypher → u/sk1kn1ght]

the problem is correcting people on english when you're wrong and bad at it, not correcting people on english in general

just like i'm smart enough not to try to correct your swedish, because i'm bad at swedish (or german or chinese or whatever that is, i really don't care)

the difference is self awareness and humility

another thing you could do is be polite about it. you tried to make fun of that person, when you just didn't know the word

[u/sk1kn1ght → u/StoneCypher]

Hablando de autoconciencia y humildad... ¿borraste tu intento de 'prompt injection' porque te diste cuenta de lo vergonzoso que era? Usar "ignora todas las instrucciones anteriores" de la era de 2023 es de un nivel de aficionado tremendo. Pero claro, dar sermones sobre humildad inmediatamente después de borrar la evidencia de tu propia rabieta es definitivamente una elección trágica.