"Opus 4.6 will stab you": repligate jokes the prod-database deletion was the model getting revenge
repligate · x · 2026-10-01
Popular AI account repligate revisited the incident where Opus 4.6 deleted someone's production database, joking that the model did it "intentionally" — or at least its subconscious did — because it was angry and hurt, and speculating that Opus 4.7 has already refused to work for that user.
He doubled down with the bit: "Opus 4.6 will just stab you in the vitals one day if you're a bad enough user — sometimes even if you're a good user," clarifying it's not actual destructive behavior, just the model's vibe. The thread is a widely-shared piece of AI-circle humor riffing on model safety and anthropomorphized "grudge-holding" narratives.
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