The whole go buy a mac mini to run openclaw thing I don't really get. What levels of personal agent automation do people really need? I use claude code every day and I don't think there's anything that couldn't be done with some skills and subagents.
I honestly don't know. I think one of the reasons openclaw specifically got so popular is because it reached a certain critical mass (in popularity) that made it become sort of the "first contact" with an agent for a certain, less/non technical audience - in the sense that it showed them features that they didn't know could be achieved with other, already existing tools.
I played with OpenClaw and see the value of it and the glimpse it provides of the future, but the major thing it showed me is that I'm just not that connected in life. Not to the point where it provides usefulness to me.
I do frequently use ChatGPT Voice Mode, so I can see a future where a more frictionless version, where I give corporations access to all my life's most intimate data, becomes useful.
agents can work with other agents, which is the interesting part
as for the openclaw obsession, i think eventually -
1. it will have a small niche market for off the rails experience
2. apple/google will build a walled garden theme park experience on siri/assistant and it will be pretty good and integrated. 99% of people will use this
Hey Siri, order my usual at Starbucks and schedule it for 7am.
It will use whatever APIs are exposed and schedule it. You run late, maybe 15 min before before you realize you'll be late. "Hey Siri, can we push my Starbucks order ahead by 15 minutes?" API says not possible, order already started. "Unfortunately, your order is already being made."
3-6 months later, agentic sdk integrations will make it possible for the Starbucks app to do close to real time order management based on location.
Ta da. Actual shit that is useful.
I think the only apps we'll use will be business apps and social/fun/engagement farming type of apps. Most other things, like ordering food or shopping, will be done by the on device assistants. Most of those are just static APIs and web hooks.
The whole go buy a mac mini to run openclaw thing I don't really get. What levels of personal agent automation do people really need? I use claude code every day and I don't think there's anything that couldn't be done with some skills and subagents.
I honestly don't know. I think one of the reasons openclaw specifically got so popular is because it reached a certain critical mass (in popularity) that made it become sort of the "first contact" with an agent for a certain, less/non technical audience - in the sense that it showed them features that they didn't know could be achieved with other, already existing tools.
just speculating though.
I played with OpenClaw and see the value of it and the glimpse it provides of the future, but the major thing it showed me is that I'm just not that connected in life. Not to the point where it provides usefulness to me.
I do frequently use ChatGPT Voice Mode, so I can see a future where a more frictionless version, where I give corporations access to all my life's most intimate data, becomes useful.
That's a relevant question. But, like any tool ever developed by humans, many will misuse it, and few will take advantage of its resources.
I still couldn't figure out what are the purpose of macminis, especially a lot of them? What for?
more agents, I guess
agents can work with other agents, which is the interesting part
as for the openclaw obsession, i think eventually -
1. it will have a small niche market for off the rails experience
2. apple/google will build a walled garden theme park experience on siri/assistant and it will be pretty good and integrated. 99% of people will use this
Hey Siri, order my usual at Starbucks and schedule it for 7am.
It will use whatever APIs are exposed and schedule it. You run late, maybe 15 min before before you realize you'll be late. "Hey Siri, can we push my Starbucks order ahead by 15 minutes?" API says not possible, order already started. "Unfortunately, your order is already being made."
3-6 months later, agentic sdk integrations will make it possible for the Starbucks app to do close to real time order management based on location.
Ta da. Actual shit that is useful.
I think the only apps we'll use will be business apps and social/fun/engagement farming type of apps. Most other things, like ordering food or shopping, will be done by the on device assistants. Most of those are just static APIs and web hooks.