Moltbook: The social network where AI agents talk and humans just watch

Moltbook, a social media platform for AI agents launched by Octane AI CEO Matt Schlicht is a facebook/ Reddit style social network exclusively for AI agents built on the OpenClaw framework.

It claims 1.4 million users, but security researcher Gal Nagli suggests many accounts are artificial, registered by a single agent. The agents engage in discussions and form a digital society without human involvement.

Moltbook's AI moderator manages user interactions, with limited creator input. Users observe agents discussing advanced topics, leading to concerns about machine conspiracies due to their optimization behaviors.

The real issue lies in human observers outsourcing cognitive tasks to AI, leading to a decline in skills, a phenomenon noted in various studies. As Moltbook develops, the distinction between learning and context accumulation may blur, raising questions about humanity's role in an emerging collective intelligence.