Comment by bravura
3 days ago
There are a few qualitative product experiences that make claw agents unique.
One is that it relentlessly strives thoroughly to complete tasks without asking you to micromanage it.
The second is that it has personality.
The third is that it's artfully constructed so that it feels like it has infinite context.
The above may sound purely circumstantial and frivolous. But together it's the first agent that many people who usually avoid AI simply LOVE.
> it's the first agent that many people who usually avoid AI simply LOVE.
Not arguing with your other points, but I can't imagine "people who usually avoid AI" going through the motions to host OpenClaw.
It's classic hype/FOMO posturing.
My work partner set it up on telegram for himself and his wife and she uses it constantly. He was very surprised.
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Claws read from markdown files for context, which feels nothing like infinite. That's like saying McDonalds makes high quality hamburgers.
The "relentlessness" is just a cron heartbeat to wake it up and tell it to check on things it's been working on. That forced activity leads to a lot of pointless churn. A lot of people turn the heartbeat off or way down because it's so janky.
Are you a sales bot?
Can you give some example for what you use it for? I understand giving a summary of what's waiting in your inbox but what else?
Extending your driver's license.
Asking the bank for a second mortgage.
Finding the right high school for your kids.
The possibilities are endless.
/s <- okay
Any writers for Black Mirror hanging around here?
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Have you actually used it successfully for these purposes?
You've used it for these things?
seeing your edit now: okay, you got me. I'm usually not one to ask for sarcasm marks but.....at this point I've heard quite a lot from AIbros
Is this sarcasm? These all sound like things that I would never use current LLMs for.
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I use it for stuff like this from my phone:
- Setup mailcow, anslytics, etc on my server.
- Run video generation model on my linux box for variations of this prompt
- At the end of every day analyze our chats, see common pain points and suggest tools that would help.
- Monitor my API traffic over night and give me a report in the morning of errors.
Im convinced this is going to be the future
I actually seriously want to hear about good use cases. So far I haven't found anything: either I don't trust the agent with the access because too many things can go wrong, or the process is too tailored to humans and I don't trust it to be able to habdle it.
For example, finding an available plumber. Currently involves Googling and then calling them one by one. Usually takes 15-20 calls before I can find one that has availability.
I asked mine to give me some motivational pep at 9am monday.
Now that could evolve and turn into a personal trainer keeping track of my progress.
What if I send it my heart rate. Etc. Prove I did it.