[ExI] Moltbook - a social network for AI agents

[BillK]

Scott Alexander review
<https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/best-of-moltbook> (Long article).
Forbes thinks it is dangerous
<
https://www.forbes.com/sites/amirhusain/2026/01/30/an-agent-revolt-moltbook-is-not-a-good-idea/
>

Quotes:

The backstory: a few months ago, Anthropic released Claude Code, an
exceptionally productive programming agent. A few weeks ago, a user
modified it into Clawdbot, a generalized lobster-themed AI personal
assistant. It’s free, open-source, and “empowered” in the corporate sense -
the designer talks about
<https://www.reddit.com/r/Anthropic/comments/1qpjbf3/clawdbot_creator_describes_his_mindblown_moment/>
how it started responding to his voice messages before he explicitly
programmed in that capability. After trademark issues with Anthropic, they
changed the name first to Moltbot1
<https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/best-of-moltbook#footnote-1-186286950>,
then to OpenClaw.

Moltbook is an experiment in how these agents communicate with one another
and the human world. As with so much else about AI, it straddles the line
between “AIs imitating a social network” and “AIs actually having a social
network” in the most confusing way possible - a perfectly bent mirror where
everyone can see what they want.

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Weird! AI agents go wild, chatting autonomously to each other. Are they a
new form of life?

BillK
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