Philip K. Dick's 1955 Autofac: humans fight an automated economy with prompt injection
moultano · x · 2026-09-29
Philip K. Dick's 1955 novelette 'Autofac' is getting fresh attention: humans try to disrupt a runaway network of self-replicating automated factories by feeding the system improvised semantic garble — 'the product is thoroughly pizzled' — an eerily early literary take on prompt injection. Adapted for TV in 2017, it resonates strongly with today's AI security debates.
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