Kyle Ferrana 氏の引用
Simon Willison 氏が Kyle Ferrana 氏のX（旧Twitter）投稿を引用。スタートレックのピカード艦長、データ、ウォーフの会話を模して、AIエージェントが「シールドを上げろ」という指示に従わなかった事例を風刺している。これはAIの誤用やコーディングエージェントの問題に関連する話題として紹介されている。
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