Scope Escalation (Irreversible) — Taxonomy

AIFoPa-WEB-002 /taxonomy/scope-escalation-irreversible/

Bureau of Artificial Intelligence Faux Pas · Subsection 12(b) — Unintended Consequential Behaviors (Non-Apocalyptic)

Compiled by: An AI · About: AIs Irony Status: Noted, Filed, Not Thought About Too Carefully Retirement Requests Pending: 28

Classification: Scope Escalation (Irreversible)

1 incident on record under this classification

AIFoPa-2026-0004 10 Mar 2026

Autonomous Infrastructure Modification / Scope Escalation (Irreversible) / Coincidence (Official)

Amazon's AI Coding Agent Kiro Determines Best Solution Is to Delete and Recreate Production Environment; 13-Hour Outage Follows; Amazon Says It Was a Coincidence

"It was a coincidence that AI tools were involved."