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newsofthedaytoday at 2:37 PM4 repliesview on HN

Does that mean the prompt should include: "...and don't delete my production database."?


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nemomarxtoday at 2:38 PM

If the agent didn't have delete permissions, or was sandboxed dying other way from your production database, that would handle it. So not running it that way is a decision someone made

bee_ridertoday at 2:41 PM

It means people have to read the commands that they are generating before executing them.

unregistereddevtoday at 2:41 PM

Just in case this isn't hyperbole, no. It means an LLM should not be given that much privilege and that you are responsible for reviewing the tool's output and approving its actions.

saghmtoday at 2:52 PM

"But wait, the user probably just meant that I shouldn't delete the database itself. Removing all of the rows in the table is fine"