It’s a slow burn, but if you keep using it, it seems to eventually catch fire as the agent builds up scripts and skills and together you build up systems of getting stuff done. In some ways it feels like building rapport with a junior. And like a junior, eventually, if you keep investing, the agent starts doing things that blow by your expectations.
By giving the agent its own isolated computer, I don’t have to care about how the project gets started and stored, I just say “I want ____” and ____ shows up. It’s not that it can do stuff that I can’t. It’s that it can do stuff that I would like but just couldn’t be bothered with.
vivzkestrel 4 hours ago [-]
I still dont understand the hype for any of this claw stuff
simonw 6 hours ago [-]
I think "Claw" as the noun for OpenClaw-like agents - AI agents that generally run on personal hardware, communicate via messaging protocols and can both act on direct instructions and schedule tasks - is going to stick.
jauntywundrkind 2 hours ago [-]
Looking forward to seeing what we get next Christmas season, with the Claws / Clause double entendres.
Cyphase 6 hours ago [-]
inb4 "ClAWS run best on AWS."
aalam 6 hours ago [-]
I'll never understand the hype of buying a Mac Mini for this though. Sounds like the latest matcha-craze for tech bros
phil21 2 hours ago [-]
It’s really just easier integrations with stuff like iMessage. I assume easier for email and calendars too since that’s a total wreck trying to come up with anything sane for Linux VM + gsuite. At least has been from my limited experience so far.
Other than that I can’t really come up with an explanation of why a Mac mini would be “better” than say an intel nuc or virtual machine.
steve1977 23 minutes ago [-]
Unified memory on Apple Silicon. On PC architecture, you have to shuffle around stuff between the normal RAM and the GPU RAM.
Mac mini just happens to be the cheapest offering to get this.
cromka 13 minutes ago [-]
But the only cheap option is 16GB basic tier Mac Mini. That's not a lot of shared memory. Proces increase bery quickly for expanded memory models.
WA 2 minutes ago [-]
Why though? The context window is 1 millions token max so far. That is what, a few MB of text? Sounds like I should be able to run claw on a raspberry pi.
steve1977 10 minutes ago [-]
I meant cheap in the context of other Apple offerings. I think Mac Studios are a bit more expensive in comparable configurations and with laptops you also pay for the display.
skybrian 3 hours ago [-]
I'm guessing maybe they just wanted an excuse to buy a Mac Mini? They're nice machines.
pitched 4 hours ago [-]
It would be much cheaper to spin up a VM but I guess most people have laptops without a stable internet connection.
DiabloD3 4 hours ago [-]
Problem is, Claws still use LLMs, so they're DOA.
Cyphase 3 hours ago [-]
Is the problem you're thinking of LLMs, or cloud LLMs versus local ones?
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By giving the agent its own isolated computer, I don’t have to care about how the project gets started and stored, I just say “I want ____” and ____ shows up. It’s not that it can do stuff that I can’t. It’s that it can do stuff that I would like but just couldn’t be bothered with.
Other than that I can’t really come up with an explanation of why a Mac mini would be “better” than say an intel nuc or virtual machine.
Mac mini just happens to be the cheapest offering to get this.