2026-02-25 15:46 UTC
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@qole@techhub.social 2026-02-25 15:52
@anildash@me.dm I work in integration and I have been through several "agentic" automation demos, and the non-deterministic aspect of these agents really spooks me. When automating a process, you generally want the output to be predictable!
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@sean@scoat.es 2026-02-25 15:57
@anildash@me.dm I haven't used it (and I won’t—at least not as it is), but I think a big part of the hype is that people feel tools like this can give them *agency* over their software. We used to have this. There was more diversity in things like email clients and people could choose how to view their feeds via external apps. Communication apps could connect to multiple networks and often had things like scripting. OpenClaw "makes this easy”. People are tired of being waterboarded by the firehose.
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@jeromechoo@masto.ai 2026-02-25 16:16
@anildash@me.dm if I had a nickel for every parallel agent someone has boasted about running....
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@doty@mastodon.social 2026-02-25 16:28
@anildash@me.dm I know that you already know to reserve some of the frustration for the world that leaves people desperate to just tell the computer what they want to happen in plain language without clicking through rules wizards and whatnot…. The illusion is so compelling…
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@mackreed@mastodon.social 2026-02-25 16:30
Nor will the good, older apps expose your private data to an LLM and all that hoover from it.
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@sayrer@mastodon.social 2026-02-25 17:02
@anildash@me.dm the weird thing to me is that the OpenClaw people think this is the cause of Mac mini order lead times. Mmm, this is what they do when there's going to be a new one. Probably M5, since it is already in some laptops.
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@mldsmith@thecanadian.social 2026-02-25 18:59
@anildash@me.dm Totally insane to me how the most valuable ways these models appear to be used by both normal people (as an answer engine that basically synthesizes a google+wikipedia integration) and enthusiasts (local “agent” run amok) are totally achievable with very inexpensive tools using traditional computing interfaces. Reminds me a few years ago how all the tech billionaires were trying to find a way to recreate public transit with venture capital. We already solved these problems cheaply!
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@GreatBigTable@mastodon.social 2026-02-25 20:02
@anildash@me.dm I think this is people realizing that automation exists and that computers can do stuff. The story of the guy who burned through his credits by using an AI agent to remind him to buy Milk the next day is an example of someone who just doesn't know how to use a computer. I mean, set a couple of calendar reminders. It's not that hard. But instead... WooWo0!!! Computers can do stuff for you is such a revelation to people. What have they been doing all these years?
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@ruurd@toot.cat 2026-02-28 17:53
@anildash@me.dm not to mention the fact that most people would dislike a stranger faffing about with their laptop but happily are submitting to OpenClaw. Hello??? Anybody home? Jeez.