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If I had one I would definitely try creating a separate VLAN for it to control, otherwise it's isolated from your files but still has access to your network and devices in it.
Outside of the article's mentioned graphics development, there is no reason to isolate an agent using actual hardware. I threw together this script[0] using libvirt to give claude its own graphical desktop env to be able to do user acceptance testing with Chrome. It has full root and can do what ever. If it makes a mess, I can dump and reinstall in seconds. 0: https://gist.github.com/smith153/04b4068b5a2d7b234f1c3d59…
sudo useradd agent
sudo su agent
It was also doing some kind of headless Chrome stuff in there. I don't know how that works, but it was taking screenshots iirc.
I did also set up VNC at some point but didn't find it worth using.
>If it makes a mess, I can dump and reinstall in seconds.
This is also true of a $3 VPS, where I found it very amusing to give my agent root. What's the worst that could happen ;)
I just cannot come up with a good AI-is-actually-24/7-helping-me-out use case. Please help: I wánt to need this!
(I wish I was joking)
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I think you need to open your mind to the possibilities? For example: - scanning logs for errors and - opening issues which are then auto-triaged and - PRs are opened for them and auto-reviewed and - merged (and deployed). This workflow alone is immensely powerful, and takes alot of burden off the team.
None of these are things I want or need in the product I maintain with a team, there's really no point to any of this unless you run a vibe coded SaaS (?)
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I think you need to open your mind to the possibilities? For example: - scanning logs for errors and - opening issues which are then auto-triaged and - PRs are opened for them and auto-reviewed and - merged (and deployed). This workflow alone is immensely powerful, and takes alot of burden off the team.
> This workflow alone is immensely powerful, and takes alot of burden off the team. ITSM those unsupervised workflows are essentially an attempt at purported productivity in the near term at the expense of meaningful incremental long term burden for teams. The only ostensible benefit is in the eyes of the AI-psychotic tinkerer, who knows no better, or in those of the clout-chasing developer farming likes on their Lin…
I just cannot come up with a good AI-is-actually-24/7-helping-me-out use case. Please help: I wánt to need this!
You people are too far gone
I just cannot come up with a good AI-is-actually-24/7-helping-me-out use case. Please help: I wánt to need this!
I still don't understand what these freaks are doing running these agents 24/7 on machines. What are they doing? Managing a todo list? You mean crossing items off as you complete them? Research tasks? To do what? Never really get good answers. There is no killer app. Just bikeshedding.
If you put yourself in a position where you need more leverage (technical or operating) I think you might find you get some value.