The Rise of Always-On AI Agents - The Age of OpenClaw
What the heck is OpenClaw? Why does it have over 336k+ Github Stars? What does “always-on” really mean in practice? And why does this agentic AI code feel so different from the chatbot wave? Together, we’ll dig into why OpenClaw is part of a major shift in AI - from systems that mostly answer questions to systems that can stay on, remember you, remember your previous conversations, use tools, and actually get things done.
The Rise of Always-On AI Agents - The Age of OpenClaw
https://globalai.community/agentcamp/milwaukee/ -- Monday April 13th, 10am!
OpenClaw “is now the largest, most popular, the most successful open-sourced project in the history of humanity” and “is definitely the next ChatGPT” - observations from a little known company CEO, aka NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang.
What the heck is OpenClaw? Why does it have over 336k+ Github Stars? What does “always-on” really mean in practice? And why does this agentic AI code feel so different from the chatbot wave?
Together, we’ll dig into why OpenClaw is part of a major shift in AI - from systems that mostly answer questions to systems that can stay on, remember you, remember your previous conversations, use tools, and actually get things done.
We’ll cover the fun stuff - autonomy, tools, memory, workflows, and why this all feels like the beginning of something big!
We’ll also get into the harder questions: security, control, and how to keep your helpful little crab from wandering into places it absolutely should not be. Because once your AI can act, it can also act wrong!
The future is not just smarter chatbots. It is persistent, tool-using, action-taking software. And if that future is arriving wearing a tiny shell and carrying a clipboard, developers should probably understand how it works before the crustacean gets root access.
Lance Larsen is an enthusiastic global speaker on Artificial Intelligence and XR - Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). He’s passionate about the inevitable re-imagining of how humans interface with computers and loves helping teams take emerging tech from “wow” to “it works!”
Lance is very active in the developer community, co-organizing the Global AI Community Milwaukee chapter and running the MADdotNET meetup group.
By day, Lance lives at the intersection of AI and spatial computing in the medical space. By night, he builds small combat robots, practices medieval martial arts, archery, 3D printing and laser cutting - because apparently normal hobbies were too safe.
Lance holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and a Master’s degree in Computer Science & Applied Mathematics from Illinois Tech (IIT).
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