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by jibal 4 days ago
You're moving the goalposts.

Being overeager is not what we want. How to prevent it is a different issue.

P.S. The response completely ignores this argument. If I say "fix X" and it does so illegally or destructively or harmfully to myself or others, that's over eager by definition. Again, how to prevent that is another matter.

> I think everyone has different examples in their mind

Yeah, some have examples in mind that go out of their way not to engage the issue -- that's a form of bad faith.

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I don't think I am. If I say "fix X issue," and it does it in a way I think is overstepping a boundary I wasn't expecting, I don't think it's fair to categorize it as a negative unless I explicitly told it not to.

That being said, I think everyone has different examples in their mind. So I think it's possible we're all arguing over different issues.

>I don't think it's fair to categorize it as a negative unless I explicitly told it not to.

That rules shouldn't be broken is implied by what a rule is. If I tell it to not violate its permissions, do I also need to tell it to obey when I tell it not to violate its permissions, and so on?