It really should, however, if you’re making software for people to use, point out the consequences, especially if the consequences aren’t immediately obvious to the requested action. There’s a sizable divide between “don’t share my data” and “OK, we’ll delete everything”.

Don’t get me wrong. ChatGPT is a festering pile of shit even without this. This “professor” should be stripped of his teaching credentials and be thrown into an LLMbecile detox centre, only allowed to exit when he learns to think for himself. These are both true.

But it is also true that if there are drastic implications to an action that isn’t an obvious outcome from the requested function it should warn you.