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

> Source: <https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/WL7eWBuYqqaxf7MhZ/did-openclaw-cause-an-update-to-your-priors-have-there-been>
> Published: 2026-07-08 00:38:29+00:00

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?