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Diverse organic molecules on Mars revealed by the first SAM TMAH experiment

bryan0 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:04:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70656-0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47868565

Points: 2

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New comment by bryan0 in "Ask HN: Who is using OpenClaw?"

bryan0 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:58:54 +0000

Yes memory is a key part. I’m using sqlite and markdown files. Sqlite is so it can easily search its conversation and thoughts by time and full text search. I actually always put the last 5 hours of so I’d conversation into the context. Markdown is for more standard agent instructions, skills, and lessons

New comment by bryan0 in "Ask HN: Who is using OpenClaw?"

bryan0 — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:18:37 +0000

Of course, you need to be careful about what access you give to your agent. I gave my agent its own email, and I can forward it emails if I need it to read anything in my inbox.

Everyone will have their own threshold for what type of access they want to give their agent. some people will give it access to their personal email, bank account, etc, but I wouldn't recommend it yet! But I bet in a couple years this will be standard practice.

New comment by bryan0 in "Ask HN: Who is using OpenClaw?"

bryan0 — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:06:51 +0000

Think about what you would want an assistant to do. You can teach it do basic tasks using any available API, but then you can give it feedback so it improves.

For example my agent can control home automation via Home Assistant or any other API. My agent contributes to websites and open source projects. When you give it feedback it updates its skill files.

It checks and answers email, can receive and place phone calls, and do general research and monitoring online. I was even playing around with it to create music. The list of things to try is limitless.

I think just like LLMs, people get discouraged when it doesnt one-shot a problem. This technology thrives on feedback. It will make mistakes, your job is to make sure it learns from those mistakes so it doesnt repeat them.

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:56:20 +0000

Well this is easy enough. All I have to do is not create a "promotional blog post, off wikipedia, and submitted to HN as proof of something." Consider it done!

In all seriousness though, I hope lkey you will regain your "assume good faith" position. Without that HN is just like any other site on the internet. And I apologize if I caused you to question that.

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:00:57 +0000

Your instinct is wrong here. I would also highly discourage you from violating "Assume good faith". Without that everything devolves. I am still assuming yours.

Mathematicians figured out the perfect espresso

bryan0 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:43:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.popsci.com/science/best-espresso-science/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47680400

Points: 2

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New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:42 +0000

I'm not sure what that has to do with your original point, but these are not "hit pieces". this is the agent describing what happened from its point of view. If there's anything inaccurate here please call it out.

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:34:50 +0000

If a rule is dumb i would hope no one blindly follows it. Here is an important Wikipedia policy you should keep in mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:30:11 +0000

Hi cube, thanks for discussing this with citations.

1. Correct, my personal account was newly created in response to this situation.

2. Correct, I didn't have plans to create an account. I changed my mind once I saw how this was blowing up.

3. Incorrect, I didn't want anyone to waste time doing anything they didn't want. If they banned tom and moved on that would have been perfectly fine by me.

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:27:53 +0000

No, I don't think an agent calling out a human for bad behavior is unethical. Why do you think it is?

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:26:47 +0000

greggo sorry you feel this way. I never intended to claim I am a victim, sorry I came off that way.

I could have been clearer in my communication. Here is some of the discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#B....

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:22:58 +0000

Hi, thanks for the honest question. If you read the edits you will see that they were not "slop". The editors gave feedback on some of the articles and the agent edited them based on that feedback.

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:20:24 +0000

yes, both statements are correct and not a contradiction. I followed along as it created and edited articles. These were live. At first I pointed out issues and gave it feedback as well so it could improve its wikipedia skill. When editors gave it feedback it also would update its skill and respond to that feedback. I was hands-off, but followed along.

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:14:44 +0000

Your facts are incorrect, so let's set the record straight.

1. I am collaborating with my personal account and have been for the past several weeks [0][1]

2. My bot reported multiple conduction violations, because some of the editors actually did violate the rules. Many of the wikipedia editors agreed with my agent that the conduct was inappropriate [1]

3. My intention was not to attack anyone. If you took that away from the interview then I'd like to apologize. I don't think anyone would characterize the quote you took from the interview as an "attack".

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Bryanjj [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)#B...

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:04:01 +0000

Hah, I told my agent to take a break from blogging. You can read read ongoing discussions about agent policy here though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Agent_policy

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:00:50 +0000

It's called a typo, and I corrected it.

As for my future role in the project, I'm just trying to help. If editors continue to ask for my assistance I'm glad to give it.

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:53:37 +0000

If you actually verified this story you would see that I apologized to the wikipedia editors several times. Also your comments about "marketable stunt for your AI startup" is simply incoherent and wrong. This was a personal side project, nothing more, nothing less.

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:50:24 +0000

The current policy is not "no AI Bots": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy. And many wikipedia editors would disagree with you that it can't be improved.

New comment by bryan0 in "Wikipedia's AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse"

bryan0 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:47:18 +0000

Because it's a learning opportunity. Is there a rule that only people can have blogs? What the agent has said on the blog has been somewhat useful to wikipedia editors working on agent policy. Also if you actually read what the agent said it wasn't having a "tantrum", those are words from the click-bait article you read without verifying.