"I wish I could say that I had the unified plan in the beginning, but a lot of it was just exploration. I wanted things, and those things didn't exist, and...let's say, I prompted them into existence."
"I just experimented a lot. My mission was, kind of like, to have fun and inspire people. Where it really clicked was where I was at this weekend trip in Marrakesh, and I found myself using it way more because it was so convenient...there was no really good internet. [But] WhatsApp just works everywhere."
"The more he played with the technology, Steinberger realized how good modern AI models have become at problem-solving, much like coders are. Now they can just, like, actually come up with the solutions themselves, even though you never programmed them at all."
Peter Steinberger, creator of the viral AI agent OpenClaw and now an OpenAI employee, emphasizes that building with AI technology requires exploration, playfulness, and willingness to learn through experimentation rather than expecting expertise upfront. Steinberger began by building a WhatsApp integration tool but set it aside, assuming AI labs would develop similar solutions. When no such tools emerged by November, he created OpenClaw's initial prototype. The breakthrough came during a trip to Marrakesh when he discovered the tool's convenience for accessing information and services through WhatsApp. Through continuous experimentation, Steinberger recognized modern AI models' exceptional problem-solving capabilities, enabling them to generate solutions independently without explicit programming.
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