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OpenClaw is what Apple intelligence should have been

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Post by oidar »

bronco21016 wrote: post #94
keyle wrote: post #78

people are buying Mac Minis specifically to run AI agents with computer use. They’re setting up headless machines whose sole job is to automate their workflows. OpenClaw—the open-source framework that lets you run Claude, GPT-4, or whatever model you want to actually control your computer—has become the killer app for Mac hardware That makes little sense. Buying mac mini would imply for the fused v-ram with the gpu c…

If you’re heavily invested in Apple apps (iMessage/Calendar/Reminders/Notes), you need a Mac to give the agent tools to interact with these apps. I think that combined with the form factor, price, and power consumption, makes it an ideal candidate. If you’re heavily invested in Windows, then you’d probably go for a small x86 PC.

Some of those connectors are only available on the mac and some only on the iPhone. Like notes is available on the mac, but not on the phone. Vice versa for reminders.

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Post by dcreater »

nielsbot wrote: post #128
dcreater wrote: post #125

This is Yellow Pages type thinking in the age of the internet. No one is going to own an agentic layer (list any of the multitude of platforms already irrelevant like OpenAI Agent SDK, Google A2A) . No one is going to own a new app store (GPTs are already dead). No one is going to foundation models (FOSS models are extremely capable today). No one is going to own inference (Data centers will never be as cost effectiv…

> No one is going to own an agentic layer Don't underestimate the capitalists. We've seen this many times in the past--most recently the commercialization of the Internet. Before that, phones, radio and television.

Fair enough. This is my war time rhetoric. Its up to us to effect the future we want.

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Post by antinomicus »

velcrovan wrote: post #87
Der_Einzige wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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who's "afraid" of green bubbles? it's like saying a toyota corolla driver is afraid of the ford pinto

No it’s like someone owning a Ferrari and looking down on someone who drives a Corolla. Or that’s how they see it, anyway. Plus there’s the annoyance with interoperability: it’s not just about status, it’s about all your iMessage group chats that don’t play nice with android

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Post by mlrtime »

velcrovan wrote: post #87
Der_Einzige wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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who's "afraid" of green bubbles? it's like saying a toyota corolla driver is afraid of the ford pinto

It's a real thing, you're either too old and/or not dating young people. Some do care a lot.

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Post by LeoPanthera »

neumann wrote: post #65
Telemakhos wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple's niche product, consisting of like 1-4% of computer sales compared to its dominant MacBook line, is now flying off the shelf as a highly desired product, because of a piece of software that Apple didn't spend a dime developing. This sounds like a major win for Apple. The OS maker does not have to make all the killer software. In fact, Apple's pretty much the only game in town that's making hardware and softwar…

What are you referring to?

Do you want to know how I can tell you didn't read the article?

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Post by AstroBen »

keyle wrote: post #78

people are buying Mac Minis specifically to run AI agents with computer use. They’re setting up headless machines whose sole job is to automate their workflows. OpenClaw—the open-source framework that lets you run Claude, GPT-4, or whatever model you want to actually control your computer—has become the killer app for Mac hardware That makes little sense. Buying mac mini would imply for the fused v-ram with the gpu c…

Wouldn't it run on a $50 raspberry pi?

Probably the same people getting a macbook pro to handle their calendar and emails

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Post by keyle »

MPSimmons wrote: post #93
keyle wrote: post #78

people are buying Mac Minis specifically to run AI agents with computer use. They’re setting up headless machines whose sole job is to automate their workflows. OpenClaw—the open-source framework that lets you run Claude, GPT-4, or whatever model you want to actually control your computer—has become the killer app for Mac hardware That makes little sense. Buying mac mini would imply for the fused v-ram with the gpu c…

The software can drive the web browser if you install the plugin. My knowledge is 1.5 weeks old, so it might be able to drive the whole UI now, I don't know.

Welcome to the AI meme race where everyone's knowledge is about 1.5 weeks old :)
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