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Posted by kcorbitt 10/23/2024

Show HN: Agent.exe, a cross-platform app to let 3.5 Sonnet control your machine(github.com)
406 points | 232 commentspage 6
magnat 10/23/2024|
> the default project they provided felt too heavyweight

> This is a simple Electron app

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tonetheman 10/24/2024||
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sosturndachoc 10/23/2024||
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cynicalsecurity 10/23/2024||
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deathmonger5000 10/23/2024||
Can you point out where telemetry or other spying can be found in this codebase?
voxic11 10/23/2024||
It does appear to periodically take screenshots and uploads them to a Anthropic controlled api.
ned99 10/23/2024||
Like all the apps on your phone
max_ 10/23/2024|
Such garbage is only possible because there has been a strong deviation between ethics, philosophy & technology.

The business bros are to immoral to know that this is unethical as thier eyes are focused on making money. Not being ethical.

The ethical activists & philosophers like Richard Stallman & Jaron Lanier offer un-realistic solutions that normal people cannot adopt.

- I can't turn off JavaScript because 80% of my websites won't work,

- I can't ditch Apple because GNU wants me to use a 15 year old computer with completely "libre" software impractical for work

- I need a cellphone to communicate. I can move without a cellphone like RMS.

We need to start teaching people in technology not just "code" but also ethics/philosophy like they do in medicine & law.

Also we need people with better moral standards. I would really like it if someone like Snowden, RMS to Jaron built business products (not just non-profit gimmicks) that satisfied real consumer needs.

Otherwise we are doomed.

valval 10/23/2024|
If you want to affect the decision making of the majority, the burden of proof is on you.

Otherwise, your best option is to boycott.

ceejayoz 10/23/2024|||
"Prove cigarattes/PFOS are dangerous!"

Fifty years later, after much meddling from the industry.

"Now, prove vaping/PFOA is dangerous!"

We invent novel dangerous things faster than we can deal with novel dangerous things.

mathgeek 10/26/2024||
Likely tied to how quickly we produce novel things in general, making the dangerous subset sufficiently large. That’s a root of a common argument you’ll see around regulation stifling innovation.
littlestymaar 10/23/2024|||
> Otherwise, your best option is to boycott.

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