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Lex Fridman: belief

12 Feb 2026 Lex Fridman Podcast #491 – OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet – Peter Steinberger

“I think no matter what the stuff you’re building and the kind of human you are doing stuff at scale is kinda awesome.”

— Lex Fridman

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Speaker
Lex Fridman
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
12 Feb 2026
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

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…And then I think afterwards he called me eccentric but brilliant. But I also had some… I had some really, really cool discussion with Sam Altman and he’s, he’s very thoughtful brilliant and I like him a lot from the, from the little time I had, yeah. I mean, I know it’s peop- some people vilify both of those people. I don’t think it’s fair. I think no matter what the stuff you’re building and the kind of human you are doing stuff at scale is kinda awesome. I’m excited. I am super pumped. And you know the beauty is if, if it doesn’t work out, I can just do my own thing again. Like, I, I told them, like, I, I don’t do this for the money, I don’t give a fuck. I-…

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