Karpathy Demos 'Dobby' OpenClaw Agent Replacing Smartphone Apps via WhatsApp
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Andrej Karpathy demonstrated 'Dobby,' an OpenClaw AI agent that scanned his local network, discovered his Sonos system, reverse-engineered its undocumented API, and now controls his home's sound, lighting, shades, HVAC, pool, and security cameras via WhatsApp messages. Karpathy argues smart home apps shouldn't exist — the future architecture should expose API endpoints directly to intelligent agents that act as glue between all devices. This is the clearest demo yet of an AI agent fully replacing multiple vendor apps with a single natural-language interface.