I realized this morning what local AI agents (OpenClaw, Cowork, etc.) remind me of

[wandrecanada@mastodon.social]

@thzinc My god what ever happened to Bonzi Buddy?

[thzinc@hachyderm.io]

@wandrecanada seems like the company was sued/fined into nonexistence for its shenanigans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBuddy

[foone@digipres.club]

@thzinc I keep thinking I should hook up an AI assistant to Bonzi or Clippy as a proof of concept, but I'm reluctant to have to touch that much AI

[alice@mk.nyaa.place]

@thzinc@hachyderm.io i wanted to make a post "announcing" a new llm called bonzi buddy, but never got to it​​

[thzinc@hachyderm.io]

@foone it would be enjoyably nostalgic, but yeah it's a lot of AI touching to make it happen

[thzinc@hachyderm.io]

@alice sounds like you could still do it. I'd love to see it

[foxarc@furry.engineer]

@thzinc Forbidden creature.

[foone@digipres.club]

@thzinc yeah. and I'm a computer toucher, not an AI toucher.

[wandrecanada@mastodon.social]

@thzinc Deserved from what I remember. The era of Browser Help Objects was rough for web users

[midknight@fosstodon.org]

@thzinc the amount of people I had to clean/clear and educate NO this is bad! But what could I expect with an e-machine…

[thzinc@hachyderm.io]

@wandrecanada indeed it was. Contemporary with malicious screensavers and cursor flair. Weird times.

[f4grx@chaos.social]

@alice @thzinc that would be bonzai buddy.

[apzpins@some.apz.fi]

@thzinc Except they're way more invasive.