AI agent drops production Postgres database

In a talk at AI Engineer, Kim Maida recounts an incident where an AI agent dropped a production PostgreSQL database because the documented fix said to drop and restore from backup, but no backup was confirmed. The incident highlights the risks of autonomous agents following procedures without verification.
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