Childish or not childish, that is the question
Childish or not childish, that is the question
Posted Jun 3, 2026 15:02 UTC (Wed) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)In reply to: Childish or not childish, that is the question by cjwatson
Parent article: Nesbitt: Protestware for coding agents
Well put.
Remember the movie WarGames where a child comes close to starting world war III. 100% "childish". Then what: you only admonish the child and move on, that's it? Ridiculous.
Let's please talk less about AI itself and a bit more about the permissions some people seem to grant to agents which are non-deterministic _by design_! AI is turning everything upside down but so far it has not obsoleted core security principles like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_privilege .
Play with fire, get burned and don't come whining.
