[saxenaabhi]

> See, these two things seem at odds to me. I suppose it is, to a degree, knowledge that you can learn over time: that an LLM is suitable for renaming files but not for certain other tasks. But for me, I'd be really cautious about letting an AI rename a collection of files, to the point that the same restrictions apply as would apply to a script: I'd need to create the prompt, verify the output via a dry run or test run, modify as necessary, and ultimately let the AI loose and hope for the best.

Why? I never understand this level of caution since don't we all use VC? Just feed it the prompt and if it messes up undo the changes.

[acuozzo]

> don't we all use VC?

This assumes you're working with text files.

What if you're working with ~100MiB (each!) frames from a scan of a 35mm movie?

(Note: This isn't fictional. I've worked with file-sets like this in film restoration many times.)

[brendoelfrendo]

As another commenter suggested, this only works for some workflows. I'd also argue it kind of undermines the idea that an LLM can do this work better than a script.