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by GTP 885 days ago
Well, as in many cases, I think it depends. There are some situations where you can accept errors, but in some others definitely not: imagine you're trying to delete a set of files from a directory that contains other files you're interested in. If the AI commits a mistake and deletes some of the other files you will be disappointed. Now, you should have a backup. But what if you had the AI assistant come up with the backup command for you and by mistake it didn't include that directory?
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I wonder how we might design for such a system. I'd say as a starting point any action should be undo-able. Then you give it a go to see if it works, and if it didn't you can always get back. I've read this is good practice in any system, as a user can get inured to 'are you sure' dialogs and just click through them reflexively.