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.

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?