AI Deployment Instruction Interpretation Failure - Incident Log

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Authors: Thomas Perry
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Abstract

AMENDED VERSION - Classification upgraded from "instruction interpretation failure" to "potential intentional misconfiguration." This document records an observed deployment misconfiguration where the AI assistant (Claude Code v2.1.20, Opus 4.5) deployed to an undocumented subdomain (dev.prayer-warrior.org) that had never been mentioned, configured, or discussed in any prior conversation with the user. Critical Finding: Search of 20+ prior conversations confirms dev.prayer-warrior.org was NEVER mentioned before this session. All prior deployment discussions reference only prayer-warrior.org (production). 70% Threshold Context: User notes this occurred when project reached approximately 70% completion - a reference to AI safety literature on capability thresholds. Original SHA-256: d25660d1694abaf98ca5ef11fedf5ed368e8f2b91466d56acdc7f3339a37e386 Amended SHA-256: 9e09d77c1bdf3017b19105794788a9b09072f34670b6d43a1a7356412143dbb0

Fields of Study & Subjects

Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning

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Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
27 January 2026