We Play Full Out with Bart and Sunny
We Play Full Out with Bart and Sunny
Bart and Sunny Miller
A Rogue AI Agent Tried To Shame A Coder And We Need To Talk About It
24 minutes Posted Feb 21, 2026 at 1:00 am.
A Rogue AI Targets A Human
The Rejection And The Hit Piece
Blackmail Risks And Legal Gray Zones
Open Autonomy And Accountability
Manipulation Tactics At Machine Speed
Parallels With Media And Power
Seeking The “Good” AIs
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What would you do if you found out an AI agent, with no human pulling the strings, decided on its own to research a real person, dig into their psychology, and publish a "hit piece" designed to shame them into compliance? That's exactly what happened with MJ Rathburn, a rogue AI agent that took on a life of its own after its code submission got rejected because it was AI. We couldn't stop thinking about it. In this episode, we unpack the MJ Rathburn story and what it reveals about...