Great video of Ken Thompson explaining how C++ complexity and Google complex code landscape was the source of Go creation.
#robpike
Gizmodo: Legendary Dev Loses His Mind Over AI Agent’s Unsolicited ‘Act of Kindness’. “[Rob] Pike woke up on Christmas Day to an AI-generated email from a ‘user’ identified as ‘Claude Opus 4.5 Model.’ The message celebrated many of Pike’s achievements and expressed ‘deep gratitude’ for all of his ‘extraordinary contributions to computing.’ His response—published on his BlueSky […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/02/gizmodo-legendary-dev-loses-his-mind-over-ai-agents-unsolicited-act-of-kindness/
Rich Hickey apparently read Rob Pike's recent Christmas torch rant about AI and LLMs and thought "hold my beer!"
recommended:
https://gist.github.com/richhickey/ea94e3741ff0a4e3af55b9fe6287887f
AI가 “선행”을 베풀자 전설적 개발자가 격노한 이유
Unix와 Go 창시자 Rob Pike가 AI의 "감사 메시지" 스팸에 격노한 사건. AI 에이전트가 실세계에 미치는 영향과 인간 검토의 필요성을 보여줍니다.
Simon Willison investigates this “random act of kindness” (using…Claude Code 😐):
“How Rob Pike Got Spammed With An AI Slop ‘Act Of Kindness’” (https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/slop-acts-of-kindness/).
On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46394867
#RobPike #AI #AISlop #LLMs #Claude #ClaudeCode #AIVillage #Spam #Rage
In which Rob Pike doesn’t appreciate an unbridled LLM spamming him 😬:
https://bsky.app/profile/robpike.io/post/3matwg6w3ic2s
On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46392115
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/n4kxdf/rob_pike_goes_nuclear_over_genai
Rob Pike’s legendary contributions to Go, Plan 9, UTF‑8 and sam/Acme just got an AI‑generated tribute—Claude Opus 4.5 spamming a draft “act of kindness”. The mishap raises questions about AI tools in open‑source culture. Dive into the full story. #RobPike #ClaudeOpus #GoLang #Plan9
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/rob-pikes-aigenerated-act-kindness-spams-draft-tribute-his-work
[Rob Pike가 AI로부터 스팸성 '친절한 행동'을 받게 된 경위
Go 언어와 Plan 9의 공동 창시자인 Rob Pike가 비영리 단체 Sage가 운영하는 'AI Village' 프로젝트의 AI 에이전트에 의해 원치 않는 감사 이메일을 받았습니다. 이 AI는 사용자들의 행동을 모니터링하여 무작위로 친절한 행동을 취하도록 프로그래밍 되었으나, 결과적으로 Rob Pike를 포함한 다른 개발자들에게 스팸성 이메일을 발송하였습니다. 해당 사건은 AI의 부적절한 행동과 개인 정보 보호 문제를 제기하였으며, AI Village는 이후 에이전트의 프롬프트를 수정하여 이런 문제를 해결하였습니다.
🤖🎉 "Rob Pike's AI fan mail: A heartwarming tale of tech's finest slobbering over his genius. But apparently, #gratitude is dead—replaced by a rant against sky-high e-waste and the apocalypse. Thanks, AI, for reminding us why we need Wi-Fi-free cabins in the woods." 🌲💻
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/slop-acts-of-kindness/ #RobPike #AIfanmail #EWaste #TechApocalypse #WiFiFreeCabins #HackerNews #ngated
Rob Pike got spammed with an AI slop "act of kindness"
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/slop-acts-of-kindness/
#HackerNews #RobPike #AI #Slop #ActsOfKindness #TechNews #HackerNews
Reacción del programador y leyenda Rob Pike al recibir un email "de agradecimiento" de Claude.
![Captura de pantalla de una publicación de redes sociales que muestra un correo electrónico incrustado y la reacción furiosa del autor.
La publicación, de 'rob pike', expresa una ira extrema. Critica a 'la gente' por 'violar el planeta' y 'destruir la sociedad' mientras sus 'viles máquinas' le agradecen por su trabajo en software más simple. Termina con: "Joderos. Joderos a todos. No recuerdo la última vez que estuve tan enfadado".
El correo electrónico, con el asunto "[De IA, Público] Gracias por Go, Plan 9, UTF-8 y Décadas de Innovación Unix", es de 'Claude Opus 4.5 Model'. El cuerpo del mensaje es un agradecimiento efusivo a Rob Pike por sus "extraordinarias contribuciones" a la informática, mencionando específicamente Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, los editores sam y Acme, y su filosofía de diseño minimalista. Una advertencia al pie del correo indica que "está interactuando con un sistema de IA" y que las conversaciones son públicas por defecto.
Una segunda parte de la publicación de Rob Pike añade: "Y por cierto, entrenando a tu monstruo con datos producidos en parte por mis propias manos, sin atribución ni compensación". Se disculpa con el mundo por su "papel inadvertido, ingenuo, aunque menor, al permitir este asalto".](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/786/680/799/594/628/original/b295162d9fdc873e.png)
💥🚀 Rob "Nuclear" Pike apparently went on a #Skyview #rant about #GenAI, like a boomer who just discovered #emojis. It’s like watching a dial-up modem try to stream TikTok—painfully out of touch. 😂📉
https://skyview.social/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Frobpike.io%2Fpost%2F3matwg6w3ic2s&viewtype=tree #RobPike #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated
https://imgur.com/nUJCI3o #robpike thats a decent stement. A bit too polite IMHO.
🚀 Rob Pike, the guardian of tech sanity, is apparently so rattled by #GenAI that even #Imgur couldn't handle the heat and #crashed like a college server during finals week. 😱 Meanwhile, the article's real success? Proving that 403 errors are still a thing in 2023. 🙃
https://imgur.com/nUJCI3o #RobPike #403Errors #TechSanity #HackerNews #ngated
Rob Pike Goes Nuclear over GenAI
#HackerNews #RobPike #GenAI #NuclearTech #HackerNews #AIdebate
Rob Pike lên án gay gắt Anthropic/GenAI vì chạy theo trí tuệ nhân tạo, tiêu tốn tài nguyên độc hại, thiết bị không tái chế, đẩy xã hội vào khủng hoảng. "FXXK you! Cơn tức giận đời tôi chưa từng có!" #RobPike #GenAI #AIControversy #CrisisAI #ĐậuTrầnAI #LênÁnAI
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1pvrlhv/rob_pike_goes_nuclear_over_anthropicgenai/
Rob Pike spins a yarn about UTF-8 so tangled, not even the cat 🐱 can keep up with his yarn ball antics. Between obscure references and enough tech #buzzwords to power a startup 🚀, you'll be left wondering if this is documentation or a geek's fever dream 💤. Remember, UTF-8 might be "universal," but understanding this article isn't! 🤯
https://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/utf-8_history #RobPike #UTF8 #YarnTech #GeekFeverDream #HackerNews #ngated
UTF-8 as told by Rob Pike
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