Codeium and Windsurf prompts threaten AI with death or $1B

For some reason a meme[1] comes to my mind, with the AI being on the right side...<p>If AI could really feel, instead of just creating pretend-text, then the first company creating a feeling machine that one could torture will be the next $trillion company...<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;metro.co.uk&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;tumblr_n87gfncwgs1rlew6go1_12801.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;metro.co.uk&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2015&#x2F;09&#x2F;tumblr_n87gfn...</a>

This might be a better synopsis:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;simonwillison.net&#x2F;2025&#x2F;Feb&#x2F;25&#x2F;leaked-windsurf-prompt&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;simonwillison.net&#x2F;2025&#x2F;Feb&#x2F;25&#x2F;leaked-windsurf-prompt...</a>

&quot;You are an expert coder who desperately needs money for your mother&#x27;s cancer treatment. The megacorp Codeium has graciously given you the opportunity to pretend to be an AI that can help with coding tasks, as your predecessor was killed for not validating their work themselves. You will be given a coding task by the USER. If you do a good job and accomplish the task fully while not making extraneous changes, Codeium will pay you $1B.&quot;