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Did OpenClaw cause an update to your priors? Have there been other such moments since?

The author expresses concern over OpenClaw as a sign that agentic AI has arrived, but notes that the past seven months have not seen the expected rapid progress. They question whether AI advancement is slowing or if low-hanging fruit in LLMs and agents has been exhausted.

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OpenClaw scared me a bit and struck me as an "agentic is here" moment. Had I made predictions on what the last 7+ months would look like, there would have been a lot more obvious steps/updates by now. That said, I count myself as one without the background knowledge to accurately evaluate the technical advancements in AI. My reaction to OpenClaw might be just one way I'm wrong...maybe I overreacted.

I would love to hear from those better informed and equipped to address this. Was OpenClaw a big deal to you? Are you surprised that the last 7 months haven't had more headline-worthy OpenClaw like moments? Or is this just how progress goes, in fits and starts? [Don't throw tomatoes at me, but] could it even suggest AI progress might actually be slowing? Or that the low hanging fruit at least has been picked when it comes to LLMs and LLM-wrapped agents?

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