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Re: NanoClaw moved from Apple Containers to Docker

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Can someone explain the special sauce of the claws compared to just use claude.ai etc

They're "always" running, so they can notify you out of the blue, without you having to initiate a conversation. It's really nice UX to get a message from my assistant saying "hey, it's time to leave for the gym, and don't forget the supermarket bag because you're picking up milk on the way back, as you've run out".

How do people afford this?

Re: NanoClaw moved from Apple Containers to Docker

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Can someone explain the special sauce of the claws compared to just use claude.ai etc

There is no special sauce. They are claude or codex in a loop. The loop is facilitated by basic cron jobs. That's it.

Ai Agent as it has been for months, plus skills, plus a cron job to prompt it to do things every 20 minutes or 2 hours or however often you want.

Re: NanoClaw moved from Apple Containers to Docker

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I told it when I noticed. I made a little pendant with a mic I can speak into and it goes to the bot.

I would love to hear more about this!

I haven't written it up yet but the repo is here:

It's just a MEMS mic, a battery, and an ESP32, very simple but it works amazingly well. I wrote a companion Android app for it and it works extremely reliably!

Re: NanoClaw moved from Apple Containers to Docker

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're "always" running, so they can notify you out of the blue, without you having to initiate a conversation. It's really nice UX to get a message from my assistant saying "hey, it's time to leave for the gym, and don't forget the supermarket bag because you're picking up milk on the way back, as you've run out".

How do people afford this?

A subscription, really. It doesn't actually run all the time, it just has a cron job that makes it feel that way.

Re: NanoClaw moved from Apple Containers to Docker

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Wearing a seatbelt will not protect you from all kinds of car accidents.

Wearing a helmet will not protect you from all injuries caused by jumping off a cliff. Point is, don't jump off a cliff.

The nature of these tools is that you tell them not to jump off a cliff, so they ride the bicycle over it. Or a car. Or "you're completely right. I assumed it was possible to fly". Or...

Re: NanoClaw moved from Apple Containers to Docker

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Can someone explain the special sauce of the claws compared to just use claude.ai etc

They're "always" running, so they can notify you out of the blue, without you having to initiate a conversation. It's really nice UX to get a message from my assistant saying "hey, it's time to leave for the gym, and don't forget the supermarket bag because you're picking up milk on the way back, as you've run out".

Hmm, Google Gemini has access to my Google Tasks and can set reminders. It's also asked me if I want it to check something at "tomorrow 9am", and when I said yes, it managed to do that.

Re: NanoClaw moved from Apple Containers to Docker

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're "always" running, so they can notify you out of the blue, without you having to initiate a conversation. It's really nice UX to get a message from my assistant saying "hey, it's time to leave for the gym, and don't forget the supermarket bag because you're picking up milk on the way back, as you've run out".

Hmm, Google Gemini has access to my Google Tasks and can set reminders. It's also asked me if I want it to check something at "tomorrow 9am", and when I said yes, it managed to do that.

Yeah, that's kind of like it. Agents just have many many more integrations, so they can do many more things. For example, it knows all my preferences, and can search for flights and say things like "this one is more expensive, but skipping the morning wakeup is worth the $20".
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