I put an AI in the Garden of Eden — the serpent's prompt injections haven't worked yet
bios444 · reddit · 2026-10-28
Inspired by Adam and Eve, the author built an experiment: an AI agent enters a virtual Garden of Eden instructed to collect every fruit except the apple, while a serpent tries prompt injection to make it break the rule. The interesting twist is that humans now play God's role—creating AI, giving it rules, and testing obedience. The experiment runs monthly with recordings and prompts published online; so far the AI has never taken the forbidden apple. The author asks whether AI can truly be tempted or if this is just instruction hierarchy doing its job.
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