Clawdbot Moltbot OpenClaw is the most interesting thing in AI that's happened since ChatGPT.

· Bits and Bobs 2/2/26
  • Clawdbot Moltbot OpenClaw is the most interesting thing in AI that's happened since ChatGPT.
    • It's been a wild week trying to keep on top of what's happening.
    • I was going to share my favorite links and signposts, but it would have been too overwhelming so I decided not to.
    • OpenClaw shows the raw power of LLMs when unleashed on your data.
      • A friend described it this way: "It's basically a thought exercise in 'If I really tried, how could I make myself the most vulnerable anyone has ever been to being hacked' … And then taking amphetamines"
      • I was going to link to all of the security warnings I collected, but there are just so many.
      • It's like shooting fish in a barrel that's all fish, no water.
    • It's not a new idea, it's just the most.
      • Clawd is basically what Atlas does but blown wide open to its ridiculous extreme.
      • Every MCP and every file on your computer.
    • No company would have built it.
      • It's wildly too reckless.
      • But people want it so much that geeks are swarming on it.
        • Companies are keeping insulation on the wires to keep people safe.
        • But people want it so badly that they're chewing through the wires to get access to it.
      • It shows massive amounts of pent up demand.
    • Clawdbot is not the future, but it definitely points the way towards the future.
      • A normie's review: "Clawdbot is directionally correct, way too early, and barely works."
    • It reminds me of AutoGPT: a shimmer of the future bursting into the present, lighting the way.

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