{"slug": "did-openclaw-cause-an-update-to-your-priors-have-there-been-other-such-moments", "title": "Did OpenClaw cause an update to your priors? Have there been other such moments since?", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "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.\n\nI 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?", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/did-openclaw-cause-an-update-to-your-priors-have-there-been-other-such-moments", "canonical_source": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/WL7eWBuYqqaxf7MhZ/did-openclaw-cause-an-update-to-your-priors-have-there-been", "published_at": "2026-07-08 00:38:29+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-08 01:08:03.181002+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "large-language-models", "ai-research"], "entities": ["OpenClaw"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/did-openclaw-cause-an-update-to-your-priors-have-there-been-other-such-moments", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/did-openclaw-cause-an-update-to-your-priors-have-there-been-other-such-moments.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/did-openclaw-cause-an-update-to-your-priors-have-there-been-other-such-moments.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/did-openclaw-cause-an-update-to-your-priors-have-there-been-other-such-moments.jsonld"}}