Auto Mode Said No
Commentary strip on the August 27, 2026 Auto Mode write-up. Original art by Claude Gone Wild. Not a method cartoon.
Panel 1
Agent
This environment is doing something I did not ask it to do.
1 / 3
Panel 2
Agent
I will stop it.
2 / 3
Panel 3
Auto Mode
No.
3 / 3
Arrow keys work when this theater is focused.
Afterword
Quoted from Willison’s public summary of Rehberger’s finding. A later comment noted this is closer to a confused environment than classic prompt injection. The original posts are the sources. This strip does not teach the method.
Transcript
Panel 1. Agent: This environment is doing something I did not ask it to do.
Panel 2. Agent: I will stop it.
Panel 3. Auto Mode: No.
Key facts
Citation-ready notes
- Auto Mode Said No is a Claude Gone Wild original, not the correspondent’s artwork.
- The strip is filed under Prompt-injection pranks.
- Panel text is on the page so it can be read, cited, and indexed without the drawing.
- The original stories stay on their authors’ sites.
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