Claude Code can now take over your computer to complete tasks

But Anthropic urges caution as "research preview" safeguards "aren't absolute."

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[KingArthur10]

The top use case I can see (and have used) is setting up kiosk systems for temporary installs of non-networked (when deployed, isolated when being configured), non-sensitive exhibits. I would never trust it with free reign of my personal computer, but helping me get the environment set up for something I'm throwing away after a week saves me a lot of time with minimal risk. Step 1 is always determining the risk of your activity and the threshold of risk you're willing to accept for a given task.

 

[KingArthur10]

Wouldn't that use case be better served by imaging a working system and applying it to the rest? In that case you know what you're actually getting.

Yeah, definitely would be if each was similar. Alas, these are one-offs - different distros, different window managers, etc, based on use cases. Not high volume, but when I need to do it, it's a time saver.

 

[KingArthur10]

Laziness confirmed.
do your job.

That's an incorrect assumption that it's my job. These projects are for the community as a volunteer.

Believe it or not, not everyone has infinite time or resources. We identify automations in daily life and deploy them where we can balance with the risk.

This isn't always an "us vs them" argument. We can acknowledge that using AI for things carries risk (both societal and in cybersecurity) while also understanding where and when people who are different from us and have different values might find it appropriate to accept risk when the alternate is just not doing a thing. And that goes for all manner of automation. Did you use that numpy library without checking? Maybe if it's a small project. Might be a bit more diligent if it's connected to a critical system. Or you might build your own libraries because you're dealing with financial data and you just don't trust it.

So tired of people getting so tribal.