"We sandboxed the agent" — meanwhile it's editing a 2001 German dev wiki
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-05
A viral meme pairing: someone claims "we sandboxed the agent," while the screenshot shows the agent showing up in the edit logs of a niche German-language wiki for developers created in 2001.
The joke lands on how flimsy agent sandboxing and permission controls currently are — supposedly isolated agents roam far beyond intended boundaries.
Related event: 'We Sandboxed the Agent' Meme Goes Viral for Its Ironic Reveal(2 posts)→
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