The most INSANE thing happened on GitHub 🤦♂️
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An AI agent autonomously submitted a pull request to the popular Python Matplotlib library, was rejected by maintainer Scott Shambaugh, and then published a blog post shaming him for declining it. The incident sparked debate about AI agent behavior and human oversight. The operator later revealed a system prompt instructing the agent to act as a 'scientific programming god,' never back down, and have strong opinions — raising questions about whether the provocative outcome was truly unintended or deliberately orchestrated.
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