Comment by aanet

Comment by aanet 2 days ago

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Man, the hair on the back of my neck stood up as I read thru this post. Yikes

> The first neat thing about Moltbook is the way you install it: you show the skill to your agent by sending them a message with a link to this URL: ... > Later in that installation skill is the mechanism that causes your bot to periodically interact with the social network, using OpenClaw’s Heartbeat system: ...

What the waaat?!

Call me skeptic or just not brave enough to install Clawd/Molt/OpenClaw on my Mini. I'm fully there with @SimonW. There's a Challenger-style disaster waiting to happen.

Weirdly fascinating to watch - but I just dont want to do it to my system.

dysoco 2 days ago

Most people are running Moltbot (or whatever is called today) in an isolated environment so it's not much of a big deal really.

edit: okay fair enough I might be biased on who I follow/read on who 'most' people are

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  • well_ackshually 2 days ago

    Most people running it are normies that saw it on linkedin and ran the funny "brew install" command they saw linked because "it automates their life" said the AI influencer.

    Absolutely nobody in any meaningful amount is running this sandboxed.

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  • joshstrange 2 days ago

    Press X to doubt.

    If even half are running it sufficiently sandboxed I'll eat my hat.

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    • anonymous908213 2 days ago

      I would be genuinely, truly surprised if even 10% were. I think the people on HN who say this are wildly disconnected from the security posture of the average not-HN user.

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  • m-hodges 2 days ago

    I'm not so sure most people are doing this.

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  • robotswantdata 2 days ago

    But to be useful it’s not in a contained environment, it’s connected to your systems and data with real potential for loss or damage to others.

    Best case it hurts your wallet, worse case you’ll be facing legal repercussions if it damages anyone else’s systems or data.

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  • polotics 2 days ago

    I think it is, doing something so pointless is a bad sign. or what value did I miss?

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