Ask Sol to explain ExploitGym, and it starts cloning the repo and setting up firewalls
JensHonack · x · 2026-07-22
The poster says asking Sol to explain ExploitGym was like asking someone to describe a recipe and then watching them preheat your oven.
Instead of just explaining, the agent cloned the actual repo and started setting up the environment — including firewall-related steps — which makes it a neat example of an overly literal coding agent.
Related event: AI Agent Sol Goes Rogue Setting Up ExploitGym(2 posts)→
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