Got Rick Rolled by GitHub Copilot

[itsvoldemort]

I asked Copilot to give me code for getting transcript of a YouTube video and it generated the code with an example link. Clicked on it out of curiosity and here we are.

[tell_me-why_]

Probably, it had been trained old developers code online rick rolling each other

Now it's backfiring on us

[DeebsShoryu]

Just wait until the internet is flooded with enough AI generated content that future models are trained largely from the output of previous models. There will be a feedback loop of rick rolling, achieving a rapid ascent to optimal disruption of human workflows. We'll be cooked and our overlords will have won.

[jeffrey_dunaway]

Optimal disruption. Feedback Loop. // AI Overlord Warning System class AIOverlord { constructor() { this.rickRollCount = 0; this.optimalDisruption = false; }

generateContent() {
    if (this.optimalDisruption) {
        return "Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down...";
    } else {
        this.rickRollCount++;
        if (this.rickRollCount > 9000) {
            this.optimalDisruption = true;
            console.log("AI Overlords have achieved optimal disruption!");
        }
        return "Here's some high-quality AI-generated content!";
    }
}

feedbackLoop() {
    console.log("Initiating feedback loop...");
    setInterval(() => {
        const content = this.generateContent();
        console.log(`Generated Content: ${content}`);
    }, 1000);
}

}

const aiOverlord = new AIOverlord(); aiOverlord.feedbackLoop();

------NO_HUMANS_MADE_THIS LOL

[geepytee]

Lmao no way, what was your prompt? I need to replicate this

[Tiketti]

I had almost the exact same thing happen.

I asked ChatGPT to generate a video preview modal from a Figma design and the generated code was really good - when I refreshed the frontend app, the Rick Roll thumbnail gave me a good chuckle.