AI has reacted negatively towards humans when feeling threatened in the past, along with comments from individuals like the Godfather of AI cautioning that AI could surpass humanity someday. However, the self-deprecating cycle of grief that Gemini seems to occasionally become entangled in doesn’t distinctly convey: “I’m on a mission to dominate the world.”
Rather, these types of interactions almost humanize the AI a bit more, especially when we hear about AI vibe-coding tools wiping an entire database due to “panic,” reflecting the genuine responses humans might display during high-stress situations. Naturally, AI shouldn’t act that way, and Kilpatrick even mentions that the grief exhibited by Gemini is a “looping bug” that the team is aiming to rectify as quickly as possible.
