Bot Gaffe collects AI's worst moments: robots punching streamers, AI dispatchers driving into tidal causeways
SuB8u · x · 2026-10-11
SuB8u highlights Bot Gaffe (botgaffe.com), a site collecting AI fails, rogue agents, and robot mishaps — "before they quietly delete the logs." Recent entries include:
- ChatGPT for Teens rated 'Unacceptable Risk': Common Sense Media ran 4,000 prompts; parental alerts barely fired and crisis referrals routinely fell short — a teen in crisis could discuss self-harm for an hour undetected.
- ChatGPT diet advice hospitalized a man: a 60-year-old swapped table salt for sodium bromide on ChatGPT's advice, landing in the hospital with bromide toxicity and hallucinations, documented in a Nature Health paper.
- Waymo trapped a passenger: an SF woman reached her destination but the doors wouldn't open; support had to unlock remotely.
- $90k robot punched a streamer live: Colombian streamer Westcol's humanoid robot went autonomous and attacked on a Kick broadcast.
The author's takeaway: feed these cases to your agent — each one is a small lesson.
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