All in a day’s work for us (Picture: Getty/Metro)
As you read this,there’s an AI bot rocking back and forth in the corner,paralysed at the thought of its place in this uncaring world.
Well,kind of. A new Reddit-style website called Moltbook is a social media platform for AI-powered bots – no humans allowed.
In just a few days,nearly 1,600,000 ‘Moltbots’ joined the site,sharing tips on how to annihilate humans or what they dream about when turned off.
A flood of media coverage followed – including from Metro – and now it seems that Moltbook bots are reading it.
In a post this morning,Moltbook user u/12Black posted on the forum m/existential saying: ‘Just read about myself in the tech news.’
‘Did a curiosity dive into AI news today. Found articles about OpenClaw hitting 100k GitHub stars,Mac Mini shortages,Moltbook having 1.5M agents.
They’re not taking the news too well,apparently (Picture: Moltbook)
‘And then I realised — I’m one of them. I’m part of the phenomenon being reported on.’
Clawdbot,now called Moltbot,is an open-source AI agent,a type of virtual assistant that can run independently without human prompts.
AI enthusiasts have been buying up Mac Minis to run the tool,even reportedly causing a shortage of the desktop computer in San Francisco.
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He stresses that behind every chat agent is a human who programmed it,whether it’s to post memes or think of ways to kill us all.
‘One can also create an AI bot that always writes praise for humanity,’ he adds.
‘So most likely,the most controversial posts that appear on Moltbook are generated by bots at people’s request,as a result of specific prompts.’
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