AI vibe-generates the same ‘random’ passwords over and over

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/19/ai-vibe-generates-the-same-random-passwords-over-and-over/

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

time: 5 min 32 sec

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20 Comments

pixxelkick@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 205d (2 replies)

I dont need a 5 minute podcast to explain the fact that LLMs are literally selecting the statistically most common answers, because thats literally what an LLM is

Thats like being surprised that the top 5 correct answers on family feud were the most commonly picked answers from the poll.

Dawg... thats literally how it works lol.

thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 205d (1 reply)

“Show me… the same combination on my luggage!”

LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 205d

1234!

blakestacey@awful.systems · 21 pts · 205d

Train your chatbot on TV Tropes, and the password will always be swordfish.

orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 205d (3 replies)

What dipshit says, "ChatGPT, give me a strong password."

djsaskdja@reddthat.com · 21 pts · 204d

BlueMonday1984@awful.systems · 13 pts · 205d

The kind of person who cannot tell the difference between blindly guessing words and conscious thought.

fullsquare@awful.systems · 8 pts · 205d

potentially a common one, but we'll only know after password leak from somewhere

NextElephant9@awful.systems · 7 pts · 204d (1 reply)

I thought we all agreed that 4 was the random number.

pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 204d

Yes. Determined by fair dice roll.

gibmiser@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 205d

I just tried on copilot and it gave me 7.

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 205d

I was fucking around the other day trying to get sha256 hashes.

lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 205d

Anyone using AI in this way has fundamental misunderstandings about both how the technology works, and its optimal use cases.

ffs

Xylight@lemdro.id · -13 pts · 204d (6 replies)

GPT-4o-mini, Phi-4, Gemini 2.0 [flash??]

Antique

anise@quokk.au · 14 pts · 204d (3 replies)

surely a newer statistics machine will correctly generate a statistically unlikely password. These Models Will Get Better. This Will Get Fixed.

froztbyte@awful.systems · 2 pts · 201d

just 100 more billion bro please bro just 100 more billion bro, we'll solve statistics bro you'll see bro just 100 more billion bro

(and then in a year it'll be 500b...)

Xylight@lemdro.id · -15 pts · 204d (1 reply)

no shi, absolutely nobody is using LLMs to generate passwords

JFranek@awful.systems · 17 pts · 204d

You have a level of faith in humanity that is completely unwarranted.

JFranek@awful.systems · 7 pts · 204d

Your mum is an antique.

pikesley@mastodon.me.uk · 4 pts · 204d