> When you ask the clanker to delete x number of files in a directory, it can reason itself that is easier to just get rid of the directory.

Oh sure, so don't give it write access to anything important. And make backups.

Mine is on a VM. It doesn't have access to my host's files. The worst it will do is delete the files on the VM. No great loss.

Yes, I do get it to modify things on my host, but only via a REST API I've set up on my host, and I whitelist the things it can do (no generic delete, for example). I even let it send emails. But only to me. It can't send an email to anyone else.

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latexr an hour ago | parent [-]

> So ... don't give it write access to your email?

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> Oh sure, so don't give it write access to anything important. And make backups.

If this conversation continues much longer, we’ll end up with “don’t use it at all”.

If I can’t trust a piece of software with anything important, why am I wasting my time fiddling with it? Might as well go play a video game or go do literally anything else entertaining.

	▲	BeetleB an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> If I can’t trust a piece of software with anything important Not what I said. As I've repeatedly said in this thread: Plenty of use cases where you don't give it access to email and write access to files. The comment you're replying to has an example of that. > Might as well go play a video game or go do literally anything else entertaining. True of most hobbies, right? I knew people who 20 years ago used to spend time in their garage building solar powered vehicles. But if I can't trust it to be reliable and safe on the road, I might as well go play a video game. Also: Is anyone telling you to use it?