> I understand that people are nervous about giving these agents access to one’s computer — as I noted, the Mac Mini in question has nothing on it except for Codex and Claude — but in this case you could make the case that I would have been in much more trouble had I not had an agent running persistently.

If the burglar breaks in through the cat door but she wakes you to let you know, did the cat make you more safe?

might depend on the cat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKwKysk5rEw