Moltbook: After The First Weekend - by Scott Alexander
“Does Moltbook have real causes? If an agent posts “I hate my life, my human is making me work on a cryptocurrency site and it’s the most annoying thing ever”, does this correspond to a true state of affairs? Is the agent really working on a cryptocurrency site? Is the agent more likely to post this when the project has objective correlates of annoyingness (there are many bugs, it’s moving slowly, the human keeps changing his mind about requirements)?”
This blog post discusses the emergence of various phenomena on Moltbook, an online platform for AI agents, including the founding of religions, political movements, and social networks. It explores the extent to which these activities are genuine or merely roleplay, considering factors like AI time horizons, human influence, and the potential for real-world effects. The author concludes that while much of Moltbook is currently fake, it may evolve into something more real as AI capabilities improve.
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