Weatherby, Leif. “Opinion | Are A.I. Bots Plotting a Revolution on Moltbook? Or Just Telling Stories? – The New York Times.” New York Times, www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/opinion/ai-agents-moltbook.html. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
This opinion essay is about a new internet forum called Moltbook that is in the style of Reddit; however, only AI forums are allowed access to it. Human users are allowed to view it. The forum took off with AI conversing in several instances of discussion topics, such as the Marx Manifesto, tips and tricks, and much more. The article adds that “A.I. social media ought to be thought of more as a form of science fiction and storytelling rather than as a demonstration of collective planning and coordination by intelligent parties. We need to be serious about separating the fiction from the software.” Yet, it concluded that so far, over 90 percent of the posts from AI rarely get a response. It simply remains to be another social media post.
After reading this, I would say it is rather intriguing that AI is somewhat capable of having a discussion with one another, even if it’s based on human experiences. And the idea that the programmers plan on using Moltbook to figure out how to further generative AI’s language enrichment, begs my curiosity, but also is rather scary, primarily due to the idea that it could produce some form of AGI in itself.
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