--- title: OpenClaw creator’s advice to AI builders is to be more... description: Peter Steinberger, creator of the viral AI agent OpenClaw and now an OpenAI hire, shares his philosophy on building with AI. He emphasizes that AI coding is a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-creator-s-advice-to-ai-builders-is-to-be-more-playful-and-allow-yourself-time-to-improve-pcra3lxq5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenClaw creator’s advice to AI builders is to be more playful and allow yourself time to improve | daily.dev og:description: Peter Steinberger, creator of the viral AI agent OpenClaw and now an OpenAI hire, shares his philosophy on building with AI. He emphasizes that AI coding is a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-creator-s-advice-to-ai-builders-is-to-be-more-playful-and-allow-yourself-time-to-improve-pcra3lxq5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PcRA3lXq5.png og:image:alt: OpenClaw creator’s advice to AI builders is to be more playful and allow yourself time to improve og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenClaw creator’s advice to AI builders is to be more playful and allow yourself time to improve **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Peter Steinberger, creator of the viral AI agent OpenClaw and now an OpenAI hire, shares his philosophy on building with AI. He emphasizes that AI coding is a skill that takes time to develop, comparing it to learning guitar. His core advice: approach building playfully, start with something you personally want to exist, and don't expect immediate expertise. He pushes back on the term 'vibe coding,' arguing it undersells the learning curve involved, and suggests that high-agency, problem-solving developers will be more in demand than ever as AI evolves. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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