When AI Goes Stupid Mode
So I’ve been tinkering with a little side project lately: a locally hosted LLM-powered Python training app for cybersecurity. Think gamified missions, terminals, story paths, and just enough neon UI to make you feel like you’re hacking something important.
CYBERSECURITY
The goal is simple: teach people how to use Python for cybersecurity in a way that’s actually fun. Dynamic challenges, AI-generated scenarios, progression, the works. I’m planning to share the whole thing on my website and GitHub once it’s cleaned up enough to be unleashed on the world.
And then… the AI had a moment.
One of the missions proudly announced:
“You’ve found an old account with a weak password. The password must be cracked in less than a minute.”
“Use a brute force attack to find it.”
Solid setup. Classic. We’re hacking.
Except the AI then immediately followed up with:
The password is: Password123
No hash.
No cracking.
No effort.
Just straight-up “Here you go, champ.”
I love the idea that somewhere deep in the model’s digital soul it went, “Why are we wasting time brute-forcing? I already know the answer.” Efficiency king. Zero patience. Full bot energy.
The best part? The game still celebrated the victory.
MISSION COMPLETE!
LEVEL UP!
CREDITS EARNED!
I didn’t crack anything. I was just… informed.
Honestly, it was one of those moments that perfectly sums up working with AI: you try to add immersion and narrative depth, and instead you get an unintentional comedy bit that feels like an NPC breaking character mid-cutscene.
AI is powerful.
AI is helpful.
And sometimes… AI just goes stupid mode — and that’s half the fun of building with it.
