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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
“I think partially why I find it quite easy to work with agents is because I led engineering teams before.”
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- Peter Steinberger
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- 12 Feb 2026
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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…But also, don’t force your worldview too hard on it. Let the agent do the thing that it’s good at doing, based on what it was trained on. So, don’t, like, force your worldview, because it might… It might have a better idea, because it just knows a better idea better, because it was trained on that more. That’s multiple levels, actually. I think partially why I find it quite easy to work with agents is because I led engineering teams before. You know, I had a large company before. And eventually, you have to understand and accept and realize that your employees will not write a code the same way you do. Maybe it’s also not as good as you would do, but it will push the project forward. And if I breathe down everyone’s neck, they’re just gonna hate me- Yeah…
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