I'm doing a podcast! @aiworthusing is a new show from me and @sodio about AI workflows that actually hold up. Guests help me install their tools on my machine, live, so I can try them for real. First two episodes out today: @obra on Superpowers, @wesmckinn on Roborev! ⬇Links.

“Sam, find me an AI that actually helps me.” - Sam’s mom We asked everyone at #AGNTCon. The search continues. 🔍 Know a great AI Agent tool for Sam's Mom? Tag the builder below. The best answer could end up on AI Worth Using, tested and demoed live on thew show.

I'm not sending my deck anymore 😂

We sit down with @steipete, Creator of @openclaw, on how one WhatsApp bot became one of the most-used open-source AI agent projects.See how people are actually using AI in their work on the "AI Worth Using" podcast. #OpenSource

Build your startup's first hire with OpenClaw 2.0. The @aiworthusing x OpenClaw hackathon with @sodio starts Sept 22. Build a multiplayer agent that does a real startup job. Mac Minis + a trip to SF up for grabs. Submit by Sept 28, 11:59 PM PT. luma.com/zhkhsnpa

I've been tinkering with an AI to increase my “luck surface area” (basically, to find interesting opportunities that exist across my entire network) and the results are ... pretty interesting. Built on my corpus of personal & professional data - everyone I’ve met with, emailed, talked to, thousands of call notes, LinkedIn connections, emails, Slacks etc. Plus it does its own desk research on my contacts overnight (did that by itself without being asked, weirdly). Example - it suggested I introduce Marco (an insurtech founder, hiring for multiple roles) to Ben (an insurance headhunter I really rate). It pieced that together through a combo of Granola transcripts, emails, LinkedIn messages, and internal Slack messages. Powered by a social graph algorithm that scores relationships and potential intros - based on things like relationship strength, recency, communication style, and “likely-mutual-value”, etc. I left it running overnight, and it: > found people who have helped me with intros & advice, but where that help hasn't been reciprocated by me - then it suggested actions I could take to repay the favours > remembered that a colleague described her ideal mentor to me in a meeting *a year ago* - found someone in my network with the exact right experience, and drafted an intro > surfaced a bunch of insights about my own life - like a drop-off in social & fitness activity since becoming a dad(!) - and set up a local run club on WhatsApp The suggestions are… surprisingly good! And devoid of the usual AI slop. I talk a lot about luck surface area - putting yourself in situations where good things tend to magically happen. This is the first time I’ve built something that actually tries to increase that surface area for me and my network. I’m quite encouraged by the results, and it was surprisingly easy to build (with @claudeai, of course). Happy to share how for anyone who is interested in building their own. @bcherny

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You fail.
You pivot.
You try again. We're building Plow in public. Sharing every mistake, every pivot, and every small win as we search for real revenue. Come watch us make a mess of it. Maybe we'll contribute a small piece to the future of AI.

i just found out my bestfriend broke up with her sf boyfriend over the weekend i asked what happened she goes "i found out he had an ai agent managing the relationship" turns out the thoughtful texts, the check-ins, the good morning messages, the conflict resolution, dinner date plans...all automated my friend was emotionally attached to a cron job