Would it make a difference?

The AI world moves at a blistering pace. Academic publishing does not. In this particular case the "random dude on HN" is probably six to nine months ahead of the academic publication, not in the sense of being that much smarter but literally just being that much further progressed through time relative to the academic publication pipeline.

Accuracy is relevant though, and testing your assumptions before heading out, or keeping track of the particular changes (if any) aroudn what you're publishing is another thing.

Still, you have a more valid point :). Publishing is about publishing, not necessarily progress.

I just want folks on HN to remember they might be the cutting edge, or the tip of the arrow more times than they realize.

Scientists are just random dudes (though some of them have been given a fancy hat by a university, which is a recognised mark of accomplishment).

Oh, HN is not random folks at all.

I wish the quiet folks who speak up from time to time would do it more often - I get to learn so much.

Not knowing is a gift in a way, we get to ask, learn.

Pretending is the disease.

we should give a little more credit to the readership of HN. I'm not sure it's that much lower than the average academic publishing on arxiv.

i don't get this. isn't it contradictory to the philosophy of pi to start as slick as possible?

Yup, the context window there is only half of what you get in CC so only a weak alternative. They burned bridges with the dev community by their decision to block any other clients

They got so many things right in the beginning but now seem to lose touch with their core fan base, the developers. It's the typical corporate grind, a million competing interests arise where it's not anymore about the user but about politics and whoops, that's when you know you're not anymore a startup.

So this system prompt is always there, no matter if i'm using chatgpt or azure openai with my own provisioned gpt? This explains why chatgpt is a joke for professionals where asking clarifying questions is the core of professional work.

The system prompt is there if you use a chat app like ChatGTP. The system prompt is one of the things that controls the behavior of the app.

If you use an LLM endpoint in Azure OpenAI, no system prompt is in effect unless you provide one.

Sonnet without extended Thinking, Haiku with and without ext. Thinking: "Walking would be the better choice for such a short distance."

Only google got it right with all models

Pi is great so it's sad to see that it only gained momentum because some trash tool like openclaw uses it.

I think developer of pi and openclaw are friends, not sure if it matters but also Pi has its own small following. I agree with you it’s such an elegant piece of project with an awesome clean architecture. (Also see: oh my pi)

The real lesson is if you ignore security and data disasters agentic AI is easier than anyone expected.

Those impressed by OpenClaw are non-technical people highly interested in trying to make sense out of Ai for their own profit. There is really no use case for OpenClaw if you got tech talent.

I'm technical (e.g., I've been using Linux since 1995). I lead highly technical teams (Data Engineering, DevOps, and Data Science). I used to play ALL THE TIME with technical stuff; I loved to tinker. Over the years I fell out of love with this and just wanted things to work so I could do my job and relax outside of it.

OpenClaw is the first thing I've truly enjoyed tinkering with again. I can leverage both the technical side of things (working w/it to build automated grocery ordering for me on demand or setting up more home automation that's all integrated) as well as the non-technical (e.g., I love having it welcome me home when it detects I've not been at home for >1h or automatically adjust the thermostat up/down a few degrees based on the weather and my absence while knowing to move it back to the 'normal' when I'm returning).

To say that I don't have a use case for OpenClaw even though I can do all of the tech stuff is seriously demeaning and absurd.

For someone who used Linux since 95, you seem to have enormous trust in this thing.

if you sandbox it and just address the main security issues (and don't mention prompt injection because its not like every LLM doesn't suffer from that vulnerability), OpenClaw can be fun to tinker with. The whole sky-is-falling mainstream media message is boring, look inside it and you simply be smart and responsible and you can enjoy it

Interesting. Well, you made me want to look deeper.

> People have been complaining about app subscription costs for years. There's that old complaint: "Why do I have to keep paying for software after I already paid $1000 for my iPhone?" That might actually become reality now.

I'm seriously wondering if this blog is just some rage bait or if that guy is really that dumb? I can't tell anymore.