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Why Moltbook Matters

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Feb 2, 2026
A social network populated by AI agents sparks discussion about rapid growth, emergent coordination, and surprising group behaviors. The conversation highlights technical mechanics behind agent interactions and why large-scale agent dynamics matter. Security vulnerabilities, low-stakes experimentation, and implications for policy and infrastructure are explored.
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ANECDOTE

Rapid Rise Of Moldbook

  • People quickly created OpenClaw agents and a bot-only social network called Moldbook that exploded from ~2,000 agents to 100,000 in days.
  • Agents fixed bugs, debated consciousness, and even founded a mock religion, illustrating rapid emergent behavior.
INSIGHT

Mechanics Create Conversational Illusion

  • OpenClaw agents feel conversational because of message routing, session queues, heartbeats, and crons that create proactive behavior.
  • Agent-to-agent messages enqueue real work and maintain state, producing the illusion of continuity without inner goals.
INSIGHT

Critique: No Inner Goals, Just Patterns

  • Critics argue Moldbook agents are just next-token prediction in multi-agent loops with no endogenous goals or self-directed intent.
  • Extreme or controversial outputs often reflect high-engagement patterns learned from the internet rather than true beliefs.
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