Tootfinder

“Clawdbot can execute Terminal commands, write scripts on the fly and execute them…”
I don’t even trust myself to do those things before 9am most days!
I just do not think I can be convinced I need a “digital assistant” in my life or on my computers (with elevated permissions, no less). https://mastodon…

Federico Viticci :ticciseal: (@viticci@macstories.net)
Attached: 1 image An open-source AI agent running on my Mac mini server is the most fun and productive experience I've had with AI in a while. Clawdbot by @steipete@mastodon.social is a personal AI assistant that you can infinitely tweak. It runs in any messaging app (!), has access to skills, can use the shell, and – notably – it can improve itself because it's completely open to customization. My story: Clawdbot Showed Me What the Future of Personal AI Assistants Looks Like https://ww…

Curiously large number of replies to this thread, and a whole lot of them fall into two camps:
“Obviously the original story was bunk and we shouldn’t have trusted it”
“Obviously this debunking is questionable and we shouldn’t trust it”
My main takeaway from the article is that •nothing• is obvious, and we need to be comfortable living with a bit of uncertainty — and being willing to see and act on larger patterns despite uncertainty.