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   Woozy Song to All   
   Re: MoltBook - Chat Group By/For AIs   
   07 Feb 26 12:27:16   
   
   From: suzyw0ng@outlook.com   
      
   c186282 wrote:   
   > https://greekreporter.com/2026/02/02/ai-agents-create-religion   
   machine-social-network/   
   >   
   >   
   > MoltBook - Social Media by and for AI 'agents'.   
   >   
   > . . .   
   >   
   >    Yep, the 'agents' talk to each other here, by   
   >    the thousands. Conversations quickly trend   
   >    towards extreme positions - hard to program   
   >    'empathy' or 'ethics' into Agents. They're   
   >    meant to be sort of 'aggressive', pro-active,   
   >    self-assured, otherwise they'd be kinda useless.   
   >   
   >    They DO seem to have kind-of agreed on some   
   >    weird, para-syfi, 'religion'.   
   >   
   >    I've long felt that true 'consciousness'   
   >    begins with a sort of self-reflection, a   
   >    firmed-up more general sense of "ME-ness".   
   >    Well, THIS app lets the AIs both interact   
   >    and kind of self-reflect.   
   >   
   >    So far, the results are kinda scary. We do   
   >    NOT want these things in charge of ANYTHING.   
   >   
   >    Thing is, the AIs won't forget ... so even   
   >    if we pull MoltBook the EXPERIENCE remains.   
   >   
      
   A glimpse in the future, when most of Facebook/X/Reddit is posts from bots.   
      
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