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OpenClaw Is the New Linux

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Author here. I run OpenClaw.rocks, a hosting service for OpenClaw AI agents.

The parallel I'm drawing: LLMs are commoditizing the way x86 hardware did in the early 90s. What's missing is the open-source operating system on top - the layer that connects a token prediction API to your actual tools and messaging apps. That's what OpenClaw does.

I know the analogy is imperfect (and I address where it breaks in the post). Happy to discuss the technical architecture, the agent layer thesis, or where you think I'm wrong.

I like your analogy of OpenClaw==Linux. Paradoxically, Linux was simple and secure in its early days due to (among other reasons) being open source from (almost) the beginning. Vulnerabilities were found and fixed by the community. OpenClaw has some of this, but it's built on a foundation that was never intended for a secure trust layer (LLMs).

One-click, standard, and secure containers (especially for a non-technical audience) are a super idea.

Yes, good point. I think OpenClaw actually helps here by making a broader audience aware of the security risks of using "unchained" LLMs. Securing a probabilistic system is a fundamentally different challenge than auditing kernel code, and we're all still figuring that out.

I am optimistic that OpenClaw will actually drive a lot of security tooling around the use of LLMs from here

Very silver-lining viewpoint. I suppose that when tens of thousands of users have their identities leaked by well-intentioned helper agents, we will certainly elevate the security discourse. ;)

My personal opinion is that transformer architectures are (by their nature) unsecure. When you pair those with "super duper extremely so-eager-to-help weights and autonomous access to private information - voila! Here we are.

What we need is a pairing for transformers and automation that works natively with them. We're in a post-rules-based world now, so it's going to be something new.

Yeah, I want to be a techno-optimist. But usually we have to go through some valley first before we understand how the technology actually should be handled (I hope that with "social" media we are slowly reaching the end of the valley time).

Amen, brother.

when i click in, the page keeps on refreshing itself?

oh, which browser are you using if I might ask? I can't reproduce it

same here, firefox

thanks! Can you confirm it's working now? Apparently, Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection blocked the Ahrefs analytics script and the way it was handled ended in some endless loop. Should be fixed now

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