Why the coming AI transformation should make you feel icky

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 By Ted Esler - Posted at Christian Daily International:

"If you are not a technical person, you will have a hard time installing it, but more importantly, you will have a more difficult time securing it."
This is a reflection on my recent AI experiment, through which I concluded that I think AI is coming for us in an uncontrollable loop of reward and cost.

A few weeks ago, an open-source project was released—an AI personal assistant that is now called OpenClaw. It is a tool that ties together disparate AI systems into a cohesive whole.

For most people, AI has been predominantly a chatbot, or you cut and paste information in and out of web browser windows. Then there’s another tool for image generation, and perhaps another tool for this or for that.

OpenClaw acts like an organizer to pull these disparate systems together. The proper term for it is an “agent” as it creates a persona that gets work done. It's an agentic AI framework that you chat with.

Before I go any further, let me just say that I am very aware that it is a security nightmare. To get the real benefit, you must give it access to your personal and/or work data, such as email, spreadsheets, and documents stored on your computer.

This opens up all sorts of possibilities for nefarious things to happen. If you are not a technical person, you will have a hard time installing it, but more importantly, you will have a more difficult time securing it.

I happen to be a technical person as my career started in the computer industry. I’ve stayed fairly current, particularly with setting up and maintaining servers—precisely the skills needed to implement OpenClaw.