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Here's my conversation with Peter Steinberger (@steipete), creator of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent that has taken the Internet by storm, with now over 180,000 stars on GitHub.

This was a truly mind-blowing, inspiring, and fun conversation!

It's here on X in full and is up… pic.twitter.com/xSvbjUHamI

— Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) 12 février 2026

Here's my conversation with Peter Steinberger (@steipete), creator of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent that has taken the Internet by storm, with now over 180,000 stars on GitHub. This was a truly mind-blowing, inspiring, and fun conversation! It's here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment). Timestamps: 0:00 – Episode highlight 1:30 – Introduction 5:36 – OpenClaw origin story 8:55 – Mind-blowing moment 18:22 – Why OpenClaw went viral 22:19 – Self-modifying AI agent 27:04 – Name-change drama 44:15 – Moltbook saga 52:34 – OpenClaw security concerns 1:01:14 – How to code with AI agents 1:32:09 – Programming setup 1:38:52 – GPT Codex 5.3 vs Claude Opus 4.6 1:47:59 – Best AI agent for programming 2:09:59 – Life story and career advice 2:13:56 – Money and happiness 2:17:49 – Acquisition offers from OpenAI and Meta 2:34:58 – How OpenClaw works 2:46:17 – AI slop 2:52:20 – AI agents will replace 80% of apps 3:00:57 – Will AI replace programmers? 3:12:57 – Future of OpenClaw community

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