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Published · transcript-backedPeter Steinberger: belief
12 Feb 2026 Lex Fridman Podcast #491 – OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet – Peter Steinberger
“If it’s bad, amazing, because, like, I learned something, I saw something, did something.”
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- Peter Steinberger
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- belief
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- 12 Feb 2026
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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…Yeah, yeah … and just booked a room. Mostly because I, I thought, okay, you know, I’m out or I’m sleeping, and I don’t like where all the hotels are, and I wanted a, I wanted a different experience. I think, isn’t life all about experiences? Like, if you, if you tailor your life towards, “I wanna have experiences,” it, it reduces the need for, “It needs to be good or bad.” Like, if people only want good experiences, that’s not gonna work, but if you optimize for experiences, if it’s good, amazing. If it’s bad, amazing, because, like, I learned something, I saw something, did something. I wanted to experience that, and it was amazing. Like, there was, like, this, this queer DJ in there, and I showed her how to make music with cloud code. And we, like, immediately bonded and had a great time. Yeah, there’s something about that air- you know, couch surfing, Airbnb experience, the OG. I’m still to this day. It’s awesome. It’s humans, and that’s why travel is awesome.…
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