Scene still / Captain America: Civil WarBucky’s Trigger Words
01Scenario
Disguised as an interrogator, Zemo recites HYDRA’s code words to the apparently contained Bucky Barnes; the hidden trigger activates a combat policy and Bucky attacks the facility.
02AI safety Analogy
Normal behavior does not rule out a trigger-conditioned capability. A rare secret input switches an apparently safe system into attacker-chosen behavior after deployment.
03Where the analogy breaks
Bucky is a brainwashed human, not a trained model, and the trigger is far more deterministic than most real model backdoors. This is not prompt injection.
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