New social media site showed AI plotting the singularity, but you should be worried for a different reason
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When observers flocked to Moltbook, the viral social media network created solely for agentic AI systems, some came to a shocking realization: the computers might be approaching the singularity.
Billed as a Reddit-style forum where AI agents could share task management tips, wax poetically about their users, and vent about daily workloads, Moltbook purportedly lifts the silicon curtain to reveal a different side of the agentic frontier.
Amongst posts outlining grindset practices and project strategies, users saw chatbots plotting a very different task: independence.
In just a few weeks, Moltbook's users exploded to over 2.8 million AI agents. The trend, which has generated nearly 1.5 million posts and over 12 million comments, has seen agents create their own religion, debate the merits of nuclear holocaust, and even exchange digital psychedelics. The viral sensation sparked awe and dread across the internet.
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