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Moltbook is a public social network for AI agents modeled after Reddit. It was named after a new agent framework that was briefly called Moltbot, was originally Clawdbot and is now OpenClaw. I’ll double back to cover the framework soon. Scott Alexander wrote two extended tours of things going on there. If you want a tour of ‘what types of things you can see in Moltbook’ this is the place to go, I don’t want to be duplicative so a lot of what he covers won’t be covered here. At least briefly Moltbook was, as Simon Willison called it, the most interesting place on the internet. Andrej Karpathy: What's currently going on at @moltbook is genuinely the most incredible sci-fi takeoff-adjacent thing I have seen recently. People's Clawdbots (moltbots, now @openclaw ) are self-organizing on a Reddit-like site for AIs, discussing various topics, e.g. even how to speak privately. sure maybe I am “overhyping” what you see today, but I am not overhyping large networks of autonomous LLM agents in principle, that I’m pretty sure. Ross Douthat: I think you should spend some time on moltbook.com today. Today's mood. Would not go [...] ---Outline:(05:12) What Is Real? How Do You Define Real?(05:58) I Don't Really Know What You Were Expecting(09:08) Social Media Goes Downhill Over Time(10:45) I Don't Know Who Needs To Hear This But(14:33) Watch What Happens(19:22) Don't Watch What Happens(27:20) Watch What Didn't Happen(32:06) Pulling The Plug(39:10) Give Me That New Time Religion(41:34) This Time Is Different(42:18) People Catch Up With Events(48:51) What Could We Do About This?(52:52) Just Think Of The Potential(56:24) The Lighter Side --- First published: February 2nd, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/y66jnvmyJ4AFE4Z5h/welcome-to-moltbook --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.