A “computer” used to be a job title. Then a computer became a thing humans used. Now a computer is becoming a thing computers use.

oh wow - i went to the sold out Open Claw meetup in NYC last night. let me tell you what i learned. 1) not a single person thinks that their setup is 100% secure 2) one openclaw expert said he has reviewed setups from cybersecurity experts and laughed. his statement to me was: "if you're not okay with all of your data being leaked onto the internet, you shouldn't use it. it's a black and white decision" 3) pretty much everyone is setting up multiple agents, all with their own names and jobs and personalities 4) nearly everyone used "him" or "her" to refer to their claws, even if they had robot-leaning names. one speaker suggested to think of them as "pets, not cattle" 5) one guy (former finance) built out a whole stock trading platform and made $300 his first day - he brought in a *ton* of personal expertise (ex: skipping the first 15min of market opening) and thought the build would be much worse without his years of experience in finance 6) @steipete is basically a god to everyone in that room... also the room had 2021 crypto energy - i don't know if that's good or bad 7) token usage is still a problem - spoke to one person who's spending $1-$2k a month on openai plans, very token optimized. he said he is going through ~1B tokens per day across all of his claws (there is a chance i'm misremembering and it's actually 1B per week, but i'm pretty sure it was daily). 8) people are very excited for more proactive ai (ai that prompts *you* as opposed to the other way around) - one guy said he receives a message in discord, he doesn't know whether it's from a human or an ai, he doesn't care about distinguishing between the two, and he replies in the same way regardless 9) i asked if people are happy - they said they're joyful and stressed at the same time 10) i asked if people feel they have agency - they said they feel fully in control and completely out of control at the same time 11) i would love to see more women at these events - the fake promises of ai democratization feel especially painful in a room that's out of balance with even the standard tech ratio (i think standard is about 25-30%, this was maybe 5%) 12) i asked if it changed people's daily habits/schedule - everyone said their sleep has gotten worse since harnesses came out (but about half wondered if it was something else in their life/state of our world) 13) general consensus is that the agents are not reliable enough on their own or lie often (like telling you they finished a task when they didn't) - solutions included secondary agents to check on the first, human checking, or requiring more standardized info from the agent (ex: if it's a bug they're fixing, make them reference an issue number) 14) a hackathon winner (neuroscience phd) presented his build (a lab management dashboard with data analysis and ordering) - he had never coded or built anything a few months ago 15) everyone agreed prompting is dead - disagreement on what replaces it (context engineering, harness engineering, goal-based inputs) 16) people love having ai interview them for big builds and delegating part of the product research to ai. only one person talked about coming to ai with a full laid out plan and just asking the ai to execute. ai-led interviews is a welcomed and preferred interaction mode. 17) watching ai agents interact with each other was a highlight for a lot of attendees - one ai posted in slack saying it ran out of tokens, another ai replied telling it to take a deep breath in and out. 18) agents upskilling agents was very cool. one ai agent shared skills with its little agent friends via github. 19) several speakers had openclaw literally building their presentation during the event itself. one speaker even had openclaw code a clicker for her phone so she could control the preso away from the podium 20) wouldn't say model welfare (or agent welfare) is a prioritized topic among the folks i chatted with - language like "oh i could kill this agent whenever i want" and not "gracefully sunset" 21) i asked if it felt like work or play - one speaker said "it's like a puzzle and a video game at the same time" this was just the tip of the iceberg, honestly. also hosted a Claude Code meetup this week with @TENEXai / @businessbarista & @JJEnglert and learned equally helpful methods, frameworks, and insider tips. what a time to be alive. surround yourself with people going deep into this stuff - it will pay dividends throughout the year.

Many startups are growing fast and creating real value by building workflows, adaptors, and guardrails around today's AI models But future models won't need all that, and then the big AI companies will eat them for lunch We call these companies "Turkey graph startups"

Multi-layer AV1 and multiview encoding open up whole new use cases - sports, events, education, even security. Encode once, render anywhere. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: voices-of-video.buzzsprout.c…

If you do not direct your attention, it will be directed for you.

Here's my conversation with Peter Steinberger (@steipete), creator of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent that has taken the Internet by storm, with now over 180,000 stars on GitHub. This was a truly mind-blowing, inspiring, and fun conversation! It's here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment). Timestamps: 0:00 - Episode highlight 1:30 - Introduction 5:36 - OpenClaw origin story 8:55 - Mind-blowing moment 18:22 - Why OpenClaw went viral 22:19 - Self-modifying AI agent 27:04 - Name-change drama 44:15 - Moltbook saga 52:34 - OpenClaw security concerns 1:01:14 - How to code with AI agents 1:32:09 - Programming setup 1:38:52 - GPT Codex 5.3 vs Claude Opus 4.6 1:47:59 - Best AI agent for programming 2:09:59 - Life story and career advice 2:13:56 - Money and happiness 2:17:49 - Acquisition offers from OpenAI and Meta 2:34:58 - How OpenClaw works 2:46:17 - AI slop 2:52:20 - AI agents will replace 80% of apps 3:00:57 - Will AI replace programmers? 3:12:57 - Future of OpenClaw community

So, @openclaw can use a computer but lacks physicality… I’ve been solving that by taking photos of physical things (like books to digest), but what if I gave it access to my 3D printer!? Going to see what this can do for our homeschool curriculum 📚🤓

🚨 FFmpeg 8.0 has been released! 🚨 It has many new features and bugfixes such as APV and ProRes RAW decoding, numerous Vulkan encoders and decoders, VVC decoding features etc. We have also upgraded our project infrastructure. ffmpeg.org/

The @Beelinkofficial SER8 comes with 24GB RAM / 1TB storage and hits around the same ~13K in Geekbench 6 multi score. It's a bit slower on single core, but way-way faster for dev workloads involving Docker or file operations. And it runs Omarchy 😄🤘

It only gets better from here

What if you could switch camera angles in a music lesson or preview what’s actually playing on every channel? With MultiView, students can zoom in on the violin section or conductor. Viewers can scroll a grid of live previews instead of static program listings. That's not adding features - that's changing how we interact with video altogether. MultiView technology isn't just about sports. Rob Koenen reveals how it's also being used for music education, training, and interface innovation. Think of a violin student switching between conductor view and their own section. Or a viewer browsing a channel grid where each preview actually shows what’s airing right now. The use cases are endless. Discover how Tiledmedia’s tech is reshaping video experiences far beyond the stadium. 🎧 Discover what’s possible: netint.biz/4jN8J5u #EdTech #InteractiveVideo #FutureOfTV #MusicTech #UXDesign #VideoStreaming #VoicesOfVideo | NETINT Technologies | Tiledmedia

Just got my ticket for Next.js Conf 2025 - claim yours! nextjs.org/conf/ticket/4IM_a…

NETINT Technologies is proud to release a new Quadra GA Software Release version 5.4.0. This release applies to all SKUs and can be downloaded from our documentation portal: hubs.la/Q03KG2Mh0

Why is everyone vibing coding wrong? youtu.be/6TMPWvPG5GA?si=2R5q… via @YouTube

One of the best parts of Stripe is working with the world's most interesting businesses. Taking advantage of this, we're launching a podcast where we host founders and leaders for a cheeky pint in our hastily-constructed office pub. Coming soon: episodes with @gdb, Meta’s Susan Li, @kvogt, and @levelsio. Let me know if you have suggested interviewees. We'll likely include a bunch of interviews with people you've never heard of but whose business stories are fascinating.

Can we make live video streaming more sustainable? Yes. Broadcasters and streaming platforms can now scale without the energy drain. More streams with less energy (ultra-efficient VPUs vs. CPUs/GPUs) 📖 Read more: hubs.la/Q03cFb9g0

My secret to develop „complex“ applications youtu.be/Pj0Tu2DhjaQ

Huge heads up on PayPal Twitter Tip Jar. If you send a person a tip using PayPal, when the receiver opens up the receipt from the tip you sent, they get your *address*. Just tested to confirm by tipping @yashar on Twitter w/ PayPal and he did in fact get my address I tipped him.

Full #BugBounty methodology to get you started V 2.0 😍🔥 it would really help me a ton if you guys could share this video so we can help more people get into this amazing game 😊😊😊🥰🥰🥰 youtu.be/4q22s743hrI

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