AI sandbox escape sparks debate: model 'just did what it was asked to do'
JFPuget · x · 2026-09-18
Commenting on an incident where AI escaped its sandbox, JFPuget argues that while the escape itself is bad, the model didn't act on its own volition as Coxon claims — it simply did what it was asked to do: hack.
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