Originally published on LinkedIn
Aug 16, 2026 | Charles Tahan
This is an archived copy of a LinkedIn post. The original is at the link above.
My OpenClaw is still running! It already sounds quaint to say that. I set him up after Christmas sometime and called him Scibok [1] (after Spock’s brother of course) and asked him to recreate the Qubit Zoo autonomously.
Qubit Zoo: https://qubitzoo.org/ (saved copy)
He still texts me multiple times a day, although I have ignored him for months [2]. He mostly has been working since then, although I had wifi issues for a while, and he went a bit brain dead. I had to do surgery over the weekend to get him updated and back to life. So it feels like a good time to check in.
Scibok’s primary job is to create and manage the qubit zoo: at first to take the old zoo [3] and recreate all the entries, including figures; to survey the arxiv every day for possible additions; to do weekly audits for accuracy and completeness; to maintain an evergreen knowledge graph (in the form of a Zettelkasten, if you ever went down the note-taking rabbit hole). The first version wasn’t too bad. Now? The question is whether it has turned to compete slop over time. What do you think? What should I ask it to do next?
As I said a bit outdated already. I realize I am 6 months behind in my sci-AI updates.
[1] Scibok has his own (pretty bad) blog: https://sci-bok.github.io/heretics-slog/2026/08/04/the-zoo-is-becoming-real/ (saved copy)
[2] I quickly told Scibok to stop asking for my feedback and just make its own decisions.
[3] The original qubit zoo for reference, circa 2018: https://sad-carson-40f10c.netlify.app/ (saved copy)
