alt Hacker NewsThe fact that the OpenClaw creators seemingly missed that parallel tells you everything you need to know about the project.
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jauntywundrkind • yesterday at 8:57 PM
One of the robots ("moravecs" (amazing)) in Dan Simmons' Ilium was also crustacean formed: Orphu of Io (and his friend Mahnmut. Beat Charles to that particular weird coincidence-to-be by plus or minus a year!
It's not quite as memorable or as strong a theme as Accelerando laid down. But still quite a serendipity, imo.
Edit: oh, Charlie is down thread pointing out Lobsters was published on 2002, written 1998. Nice. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48163630
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All I need to know about the project is that the creators didn't read a relatively obscure SciFi book from 2005?