In this weekly update, Troy Hunt discusses his observations of OpenClaw and the potential of agentic AI to change the world, noting that while much is hyperbolic, he has found useful applications.
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# Weekly Update 496
Source: [https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-496/](https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-496/)
Watching OpenClaw do its thing must be like watching the first plane take flight\. It's a bit rickety and stuck together with a lot of sticky tape, but squint and you can see the potential for agentic AI to change the world as we know it\. And I don't think that's hyperbolic\. A lot of what people claim to have done with it*is*hyperbolic, and as with all new tech, the challenge is to cut through the noise and find the value\. Stay tuned for more on that, as I've already found some*really*useful applications for it to help me do my job better, which I think I should devote my next weekly vid to just that\.
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