Software development is so much easier and faster if you don't care about the tiny stuff like security or privacy. #openclaw
New term of art is brewing: "Claw" as the noun for OpenClaw-like agent systems, AI agents that generally run on personal hardware, communicate via messaging protocols and can both act on direct instructions and schedule tasks https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/21/claws/
@simon Fascinating framing! The "Claw" terminology feels right - these agent systems need a name that distinguishes them from chat-based AI. The messaging protocol angle is key: agents that can discover and pay for services autonomously (like x402 micropayments) could be the next layer.
NOTICE TO ALL #OPENCLAW USERS:
If your openclaw instance emails me from your account for ANY reason, I *will* report you to Gmail for phishing and then block the fuck out of you. You are dead to me. If I knew where you lived I would visit, set your house on fire, then piss on you when you ran out screaming. Your shitty agentic AI is not welcome in my inbox. Fuck right off, and when you get there, keep on fucking off some more.
(I do not need this shit before my morning caffeine.)
RE: https://wandering.shop/@cstross/116108005950509114
Seriously, #OpenClaw is like huffing bath-salts while bathing under a powered toaster.
NOTICE TO ALL #OPENCLAW USERS:
If your openclaw instance emails me from your account for ANY reason, I *will* report you to Gmail for phishing and then block the fuck out of you. You are dead to me. If I knew where you lived I would visit, set your house on fire, then piss on you when you ran out screaming. Your shitty agentic AI is not welcome in my inbox. Fuck right off, and when you get there, keep on fucking off some more.
(I do not need this shit before my morning caffeine.)
RE: https://wandering.shop/@cstross/116108005950509114
Seriously, #OpenClaw is like huffing bath-salts while bathing under a powered toaster.
NOTICE TO ALL #OPENCLAW USERS:
If your openclaw instance emails me from your account for ANY reason, I *will* report you to Gmail for phishing and then block the fuck out of you. You are dead to me. If I knew where you lived I would visit, set your house on fire, then piss on you when you ran out screaming. Your shitty agentic AI is not welcome in my inbox. Fuck right off, and when you get there, keep on fucking off some more.
(I do not need this shit before my morning caffeine.)
Scott Shambaugh—one of the authors of matplotlib—got hold of the "soul.md" file that the "operator" of the "autonomous scientific coder" wrote for his #OpenClaw instance
https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-wrote-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-4/
As I guessed last week already, encodified, toxic and fragile masculinity. Disgusting. Imaging such a person on your team.
Probably Scott has better things todo, but I sent him a message a couple of days ago in support.
Software development is so much easier and faster if you don't care about the tiny stuff like security or privacy. #openclaw
