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🔥AI wrongly tells user a fire alarm is just a drill
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this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
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AI offering unsolicited advice on emergency situations is a fresh, new level of hell.
I didn't realize until I read your comment that the AI was integrated into Slack and told this person that they didn't need to evacuate without them specifically asking the AI for advice.
On the other hand, this does show that anything typed into that slack channel is treated like a query. Which is also terrifyingly stupid.
One also has to wonder, did they message on their phone from a safe location? Or did they hear alarm bells and their first instinct was to get on their computer and start typing?
I don't know why people are assuming she didn't just do the thing anyone does in these situations, evacuating and then striking up conversation about it
The original poster confirmed in the replies that they sent the message after evacuating properly.
Good! That's the sensible thing.
My hope is they did this after they evacuated. But honestly could go either way.