Hannes Lilljequist

Relocating Rigor - The Phoenix Architecture The Discipline That Looks Like Recklessness

On AI assisted coding and the rigor it requires:

“The pattern is: probabilistic inside, deterministic at the edges. … Specifying intent precisely enough that a machine can generate correct implementations… Systems must fail visibly when they drift from intent.”

aicoding.leaflet.pub/3mbrvhyye4k2e/

Script to check for npm packages affected by the Shai-Halud "second coming". Once you've read the code, run it from the root of an npm or pnpm project. Script to check for npm packages affected by the Shai-Halud "second coming". Once you've read the code, run it from the root of an npm or pnpm project. - shai-halud-second-coming.sh

It's the second coming of Shai-Halud. If you do JS this is for you: gist.github.com/hannesl/a8bf...

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A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size Anthropic research on data-poisoning attacks in large language models

Well this is interesting. Wonder how many people there are out there actively setting up this type of traps for LLMs. I don't really want to think about how people will try to exploit stuff like this.
www.anthropic.com/research/sma...

This is proper sad. 😞

Cardboard box labeled 3M Compiter Tape

Found in the wild: ancient container technology.

Script to check for npm packages affected by the Shai-Halud vulnerability. After reading the code, run it from the root of a npm or pnpm project. Script to check for npm packages affected by the Shai-Halud vulnerability. After reading the code, run it from the root of a npm or pnpm project. - shai-halud-scanner.sh

The Shai-Halud vulnerability is fascinating. I haven't seen a convenient way to check if you're affected though, so i vibe coded this little script to help:
gist.github.com/hannesl/3331...

Background:
www.ox.security/blog/npm-2-0...

I hear Chicago might be next. Where are the Blues Brothers? youtu.be/-_KkgPRo4wA?...