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> which made the command hunt for the word match ending space which was regrettably, the D:\ Is this even how the delete command would work in that situation?

> which made the command hunt for the word match ending space which was regrettably, the D:\ Is this even how the delete command would work in that situation? >rmdir /s /q D:\ETSY 2025\Antigravity Projects\Image Selector\client\node_modules.vite like wouldn't it just say "Folder D:\ETSY not found" rather than delete the parent folder

viraptor 11mo ago
Most dramatic stories on Reddit should be taken with a pinch of salt at least... LLM deleting a drive and the user just calmly asking it about that - maybe a lot more.
baobabKoodaa 11mo ago
I would like to know the same thing. Can someone please confirm this?
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- letmevoteplease 11mo ago
  rmdir /s /q Z:\ETSY 2025\Antigravity Projects\Image Selector\client\node_modules.vite Running this command in cmd attempts to delete (I ran without /q to check): Z:\ETSY (-> Deletes if it exists.) "2025\Antigravity" (-> The system cannot find the path specified.) "Projects\Image" (-> The system cannot find the path specified.) "Selector\client\node_modules.vite" (-> The system cannot find the path specified.) It does not delete the Z:\ drive.
GoblinSlayer 11mo ago
LLM there generates fake analysis for cynically simulated compliance. The reality is that it was told to run commands and just made a mistake. Dude guilt trips the AI by asking about permission.
- basscomm 11mo ago
  > The reality is that it was told to run commands and just made a mistake. The mistake is that the user gave an LLM access to the rmdir command on a drive with important data on it and either didn't look at the rmdir command before it was executed to see what it would do, or did look at it and didn't understand what it was going to do.
joeframbach 11mo ago
It probably wasn't the rmdir command that deleted the parent folder by itself, but the LLM did the traversal. The LLM probably did this: rmdir D:\dir one\dir two\file Detected that it failed, then the LLM issued the traversal command rmdir D:\dir one\dir two And so on... rmdir D:\dir one And then that failed, so... rmdir D:\

viraptor 11mo ago

Most dramatic stories on Reddit should be taken with a pinch of salt at least... LLM deleting a drive and the user just calmly asking it about that - maybe a lot more.

baobabKoodaa 11mo ago

I would like to know the same thing. Can someone please confirm this?

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letmevoteplease 11mo ago
rmdir /s /q Z:\ETSY 2025\Antigravity Projects\Image Selector\client\node_modules.vite Running this command in cmd attempts to delete (I ran without /q to check): Z:\ETSY (-> Deletes if it exists.) "2025\Antigravity" (-> The system cannot find the path specified.) "Projects\Image" (-> The system cannot find the path specified.) "Selector\client\node_modules.vite" (-> The system cannot find the path specified.) It does not delete the Z:\ drive.

GoblinSlayer 11mo ago

LLM there generates fake analysis for cynically simulated compliance. The reality is that it was told to run commands and just made a mistake. Dude guilt trips the AI by asking about permission.

basscomm 11mo ago
> The reality is that it was told to run commands and just made a mistake. The mistake is that the user gave an LLM access to the rmdir command on a drive with important data on it and either didn't look at the rmdir command before it was executed to see what it would do, or did look at it and didn't understand what it was going to do.

joeframbach 11mo ago

It probably wasn't the rmdir command that deleted the parent folder by itself, but the LLM did the traversal. The LLM probably did this: rmdir D:\dir one\dir two\file Detected that it failed, then the LLM issued the traversal command rmdir D:\dir one\dir two And so on... rmdir D:\dir one And then that failed, so... rmdir D:\