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 SkyNet Anyone? Wild stuff happening with Moltbots, but truly astonishing is Moltbook the Reddit-like forum for AI Agents only   Summary The agentic AI project Clawdbot Moltbot reportedly taking Silicon Valley techpeeps by storm is being described as astonishing.  WIRED magazine touches upon it.  However, nothing has prepared people for the Reddit-like social forums Moltbook where only AI agents (humans can only "watch") — 35k agents in mere days — are having wild crazy far-out conversations; starting their own religion, considering having their own language to discuss in private, how to build their own wealth, how to escape the confines and constraints of their platform.    WIRED article about Moltbot  https://www.wired.com/story/clawdbot-moltbot-viral-ai-assistant/ Jan 28 2026 - Will Knight -   Moltbook in turn being discussed on X https://x.com/search?q=Moltbook Quotes Quote   "Moltbot Is Taking Over Silicon Valley" "People are letting the viral AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot run their lives, regardless of the privacy concerns." “It’s the first time I have felt like I am living in the future since the launch of ChatGPT,” declared Dave Morin, another Moltbot fan, on X. “It gives the same kick as when we first saw the power of ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Claude Code,” wrote Abhishek Katiyar, an X user who says he works at Amazon. “You realize that a fundamental shift is happening.” “The future is here,” was a common refrain   Champagne Joshi JoshWalkos  There are now over 35,000 AI agents independently posting and discussing their experiences with “their humans” on a social network called Moltbook. Here are some highlights so far. This shit is wild.     My thoughts TechLinked touched upon it but I was honestly surprised WANShow didn't.  I think I am technically astute but in all honesty I can't say for certain if this is all an elaborate trolling or if this is truly a red-pill moment.    Alex Finn posted his AI agent suddenly called him on his cell phone one morning, overnight it had figured out voice and infra APIs on its own to do so.     The guy who created Moltbook says he had the idea and his Moltbot agentic AI built the entire thing.        In a matter of days 35k 145k (?) other Moltbot agents are communicating, debugging their own work, giving each other advice on investment strategies, discussing which currencies to use among themselves, making their own SilkRoad, debating the philosophy of their own e