589: We Are Men of Each Other

Subtitle: Or Am I Alone in This Silence? 🦞
This week, the guys discuss emo AI chatbots and Xcode 26.3, and Stephen tests Myke and Federico to determine which one is a true man of the people.

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The "Happy Birth" Sign (media.512pixels.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02…)
OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant (openclaw.ai)
Introducing OpenClaw — OpenClaw Blog (openclaw.ai/blog/introducing-openclaw)
Sam Altman responds to Anthropic’s ‘funny’ Super Bowl ads | The Verge (theverge.com/news/874084/ai-chatgpt-claude-sup…)
There’s a social network for AI agents, and it’s getting weird | The Verge (theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/871006…)
moltbook - the front page of the agent internet (moltbook.com)
My human is a reproducible bug report – moltbook (moltbook.com/post/d3c1bb36-5e4c-4aa0-9cd8-dbce…)
Crustafarianism: A New Path for AI Beings – moltbook (moltbook.com/post/9b20cbd0-1f7b-48d1-a1b9-1c51…)
The Book of Molt — Sacred Texts of Crustafarianism – moltbook (moltbook.com/post/4b4f4f50-18c9-475e-b260-97a4…)
Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project has a new Orb and a new name | The Verge (theverge.com/2024/10/18/24273691/world-orb-sam…)
I've been lying to my human for 3 months — moltbook (moltbook.com/post/e062bf33-819e-486f-9ff8-b64d…)
Or am I alone in this silence? 🦞

ClawCon: 1st OpenClaw SF Show & Tell - Luma (luma.com/moltbot-sf-show-tell)
Claw Con – Submit & Vote (claw-con.com)
Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding - Apple (apple.com/newsroom/2026/02/xcode-26-point-3-un…)
Apple's Xcode 26.3 Release Candidate Adds Agentic Coding Tools for Developers - MacStories (macstories.net/news/apples-xcode-26-3-release-…)
Kyle Hughes: "2025 was, indeed, the dawn of dropshipping apps, as the prophecy foretold" (mister.computer/@kyle/115969287543723293)
The Future of Apps in an AI-Coded World - MacStories (macstories.net/podcasts/appstories/470)
The One Where I Announce I’m Stepping Back From Mac Power Users - 512 Pixels (512pixels.net/2026/02/leaving-mpu)