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RobMurray | 18 days ago

about power usage: sure there exists a light bulb such that this draws less power, but the vast majority of light bulbs are far less than 15W. Also the mac mini sips power when idle at only 2-4W. This isn't a criticism of the product, only the marketing material.

The other thing is that moltbot/openclaw or what ever it's name is today is massively hyped AI slop that will be replaced by the next over hyped AI thing in a matter of weeks.

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superactro|18 days ago

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RobMurray|18 days ago

I had a look and it does look like a great deal for the price. It would probably be good for running home assistant. If you marketed a version with HA preloaded you could beat the Nexus1 AI base station [0] to market.

The thing Home Assistant needs, or any AI assistant like Openclaw, is an affordable smart speaker with a good microphone array and open firmware. I think there would be a good market for that combination, even with people who would be put off by the security and privacy concerns of Openclaw.