I found this HN post because I have a Clawdbot task that scans HN periodically for data gathering purposes and it saw a post about itself and it got excited and decided to WhatsApp me about it.

So that’s where I’m at with Clawdbot.

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pylotlight 19 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Do you tell it what you find interesting so it only responds with those posts? i.e AI/tech news/updates, gaming etc..

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nozzlegear 32 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> and it got excited and decided to WhatsApp me about it.

I find the anthropomorphism here kind of odious.

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anotherengineer 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

how do you have Clawdbot WhatsApp you? i set mine up with my own WhatsApp account, and the responses come back as myself so i haven't been able to get notifications

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apetresc 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I have an old iPhone with a broken screen that I threw an $8/month eSIM onto so that it has its own phone number, that I just keep plugged in with the screen off, on Wifi, in a drawer. It hosts a number of things for me, most importantly bridges for WhatsApp and iMessage. So I can actually give things like Clawdbot their own phone number, their own AppleID, etc. Then I just add them as a contact on my real phone, and voila.

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rlt an hour ago | parent | next [-]

For iMessage I don’t think you actually need a second phone number, you can just make a second iCloud account with the same phone number.

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BoorishBears an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I heard it costs $15 for just a few minutes of usage though

	▲	apetresc 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The phone plan or Clawdbot?

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eclipxe 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, it really does feel like another "oh wow" moment...we're getting close.