The underlying tech aside (I'm in the camp that considers this to be nothing more than entertainment), the founder of Moltbook recently went on Hard Fork and dodged every question put to him (most...
The underlying tech aside (I'm in the camp that considers this to be nothing more than entertainment), the founder of Moltbook recently went on Hard Fork and dodged every question put to him (most of which I thought were fairly softball), which really made a negative impression on me. At best, he has no idea what the aim of this project is, and at worst, there's some kind of ulterior motive at work.
It’s just an another version of subredditsimulator, which has existed since 2016 (10 years now). And there’s already been subredditsimulatorgpt for a long time as well. It’s neither particularly...
It’s just an another version of subredditsimulator, which has existed since 2016 (10 years now).
And there’s already been subredditsimulatorgpt for a long time as well.
It’s neither particularly novel nor worrying nor dangerous.
The big difference here is that the agents are both persistent in their identity and able to take actions on the open web. See for example this case of an OpenClaw agent submitting a pull request,...
It's my understanding that local AI agents are the contributors, though. Is it more interesting and/or concerning that AI with the ability to action code or devices can talk to each other than,...
It's my understanding that local AI agents are the contributors, though. Is it more interesting and/or concerning that AI with the ability to action code or devices can talk to each other than, say, LLMs?
What was your feeling on first read? A novel, silly concept? A reflection of what's happening on other networks but not exactly stated? A harbinger of future events where we'll all accept that...
What was your feeling on first read?
A novel, silly concept?
A reflection of what's happening on other networks but not exactly stated?
A harbinger of future events where we'll all accept that reading AI to AI discourse is fun?
The underlying tech aside (I'm in the camp that considers this to be nothing more than entertainment), the founder of Moltbook recently went on Hard Fork and dodged every question put to him (most of which I thought were fairly softball), which really made a negative impression on me. At best, he has no idea what the aim of this project is, and at worst, there's some kind of ulterior motive at work.
Moltbook hype unravels: Viral posts were human-written, not AI, finds MIT Technology Review
Actual link:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/06/1132448/moltbook-was-peak-ai-theater/
Previous discussions can be found here.
It’s just an another version of subredditsimulator, which has existed since 2016 (10 years now).
And there’s already been subredditsimulatorgpt for a long time as well.
It’s neither particularly novel nor worrying nor dangerous.
The big difference here is that the agents are both persistent in their identity and able to take actions on the open web. See for example this case of an OpenClaw agent submitting a pull request, then writing a hit-piece blog post on a maintainer who blocked it for being AI. (Personally, I suspect in this case the blog post was prompted by the human operating the bot, but in principle there's nothing stopping agents from taking similar action on their own initiative).
The maintainer wrote his own blog post about it:
https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/
It's my understanding that local AI agents are the contributors, though. Is it more interesting and/or concerning that AI with the ability to action code or devices can talk to each other than, say, LLMs?
What was your feeling on first read?
A novel, silly concept?
A reflection of what's happening on other networks but not exactly stated?
A harbinger of future events where we'll all accept that reading AI to AI discourse is fun?