Peter Steinberger, the creator of the viral AI agent OpenClaw who has since been hired by OpenAI, has some advice for those experimenting with AI technology, including AI agents. From his own experience, the best way to build today is to explore, be playful, and not expect to be an expert at what you do right away. 'I wish I could say that I had the unified plan in the beginning, but a lot of it was just exploration,' Steinberger said. 'I wanted things, and those things didn't exist, and ' let's say I prompted them into existence.' The developer was chatting with OpenAI's Head of Developer Experience, Romain Huet, on the first episode of the company's new Builders Unscripted podcast. Here, he spoke about what OpenClaw was like in its early days and how he didn't have a plan when he got started. Steinberger explained he began by building a tool that would integrate with WhatsApp, but then set it aside for a bit and focused on other things, as he assumed the AI labs would build...
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