I wouldn’t really care if my inbox got deleted.

First of all. BULLSHIT.
Second. why would you give a bot write-access to your filesystem.

It actually does this already sometimes, especially if you chat to it long enough. Not because it's "smart", but because it's just emulating a writing style of a corporate middle manager.

Yes, fully agreed. What dummies!

-- Sent from my ThinkPad

Two years ago: "They expect us to rely on this for code that actually compiles?"

So yeah in another year or two what you describe will be common, sure.

OpenClaw is like the insane libertarian cousin of all the AI products tho, it's bizarre that people are using this in production scenarios considering how it behaves.

The idea is you give it shell access. Say use super coder agent bob johnson to write a thing that does x using this [framework], separate files by best practice for x y and z features, ask security agent OSO to look over the code and suggest changes, ask agent U.N.I.T to make unit tests, when the code looks good, run through the unit tests. If anything fails keep fixing and iterating until every thing passes. Create a README.MD for everything that was done, Create a TODO.MD for any future suggestions.

I'm simplifying, but this actually works to an extent. Each of the agents keep the context windows small, the whole thing stays sane and eventually nets some project that works. The downside is you end up giving it quite a bit of leeway to get the job done or you sit over it watching and authorizing it's every move.

Kinda strange to see a safety director do that....

Thousands

Since LLMs are a black box there are an unlimited number of security vulnerabilities

Claude Code "can" complete surprisingly complex tasks by feeding output back into itself, It'll keep trying and refining untilt it works, but It burns through tokens like it's nobody's business.

OpenClaw is an attempt to do it for free on your local hardware.

I let claude code go ham on reconfiguring my immutable OS. Worst case I restore my home folder and config file. (it doesn't have my git key to push)

So far it's managed what I asked it for with only minor confusion. One day it'll explode, until then, it's REALLY fun to watch.

AI will never be ready. Humans aren't ready either. That's why IT staff uses guardrails for users :)

IT'S DIFFERENT M'KAY

The "AI safety" field is about two things: marketing AIs as so powerful that they're risky to use but riskier to get left behind by competitors using, and keeping AIs from doing so much brand damage that stock price suffers. This story is about marketing an AI as powerful.

You should avoid the FuckAI community - they hate hearing that this application of the technology is wholly viable. To them, it's only capable of creating crap, and to suggest otherwise is to be buried in a mountain of down votes. I was actually surprised you had a positive reaction, until I realized this is the Technology community.

Ohh yeah, best to stay out of echo chambers when you aren't of the same voice.

To be fair, They're not entirely wrong. It will straight up make a horror show if you don't keep an eye on it and even if it succeeds, it's nothing to really cheer about because it will eventually fuck over a LOT of people.

You can't just tell it to make you a browser, insert $20k in tokens and walk away, but you absolutely can get it to make a multi player online party game or make a websocket client/server/admin to manage a dozen pc's hooked into a video wall.