AI vibe-generates the same ‘random’ passwords over and over (pivot-to-ai.com)

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The most random number is 7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0B6hoOE9uo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260219-ai-generates-the-same-random-passwords-over-and-over - podcast

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[-] Hexarei@beehaw.org -4 points 1 day ago

I gave my agents a skill that has them cat from /dev/urandom (which is this corralled into text characters) any time they need to generate passwords for something. Even then I have only ever had one need it like twice.

this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026

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