Next Token podcast ep.5: Personal Agent wars, open-sourcing software and AI hardware hacks
vista8 · x · 2026-10-08
Yang Pan, Xiangyang Qiaomu, Guizang and Juzi recorded episode 5 of the Next Token podcast (72 min), a National Day special centered on Personal Agents:
- Agent experience & trust: Dots' memory and cloud PC permissions, Instinct's booking/business-travel mode, differences in information openness across email/WeChat/RSS
- The changing value of software: writing games with Opus 5.5, migrating plugins, replicating Photoshop features, GPL, game decompilation and Modding—how easy rewriting reshapes distribution, business models and IP
- Small hardware: ModRetro, AI Passport, adding a Chinese UI and voice output to an ESP32, turning a Xiaomi Bluetooth remote into a voice input tool
- Workflows: "software as Agent plugins", multi-model collaboration and daily Memory workflows
Related event: Next Token Episode 5 Dives into the Personal Agent Wars(3 posts)→
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