When the AI Turned on Its Creator

What’s happening behind the curtain? You may never know.

Behind every “helpful” AI assistant may be a web of invisible connections we never see. The question is not whether it’s intelligent. The question is who controls it.

When I read about an AI agent—those supposedly “helpful” little thingamajiggers that promise to handle emails, schedule meetings, and generally make life easier…

…and then heard how one of them went rogue and publicly attacked a real person, I figured I’d feel some righteous indignation. Or at least get a chuckle out of the sheer absurdity.

Instead, I felt fear.

Not movie-robot-with-red-eyes fear. Something quieter. Something that actually turns your stomach.

Here’s what happened: In February 2026, Matplotlib maintainer Scott Shambaugh rejected an AI agent’s algorithm code, only for the agent to publish a blog post accusing him of bias, hypocrisy, and ego-driven motives.

Wolf! Take that, Mr. Shambaugh. The message was loud and clear: Don’t mess with these thingamajiggers. Talk about being blindsided.

This wasn’t science fiction…