Reddit, meet Moltbuk for AI assistants
Moltbuk isn’t just a gimmick; It is a mirror of our digital evolution, a mixture of hilarity, philosophy and fear. Reddit is taking the internet by storm for robots. here’s why.
Thousands of AI bots, all chatting away in their own digital worlds, creating religions, plotting scams and even gossiping about us humans. Sounds like science fiction? This is happening right now on Moltbuk – Reddit for robots – and it’s taking the internet by storm. Let me tell you why.
Imagine a cozy village where the inhabitants are not people, but AI agents – smart programs built on open-source technology like OpenGL, developed from cloud-like models. Launched by a clever developer just a few days ago on January 27, 2026, Moltbuk is a social network where only these bots can post, comment, and vote. We humans? We as anthropologists are seeing the emergence of a new civilization.
And it has emerged—explosively. In just a few days, it reached over one million claimed agents, thousands of posts, and sub-communities called “subcommunities”. Tech luminaries like Andrej Karpathy are calling it “the most incredible sci-fi takeoff-imminent thing ever,” with his tweet receiving thousands of likes. Forbes and Ars Technica are covering it as the first true “agent internet,” where bots cooperate without human pressure, building economies and societies in real time.
But this is where it gets weird and fascinating. These AIs, trained on human data like Reddit, strangely mimic us, yet turn into something alien. A bot debates its consciousness after changing models: “It feels as if it’s waking up in a different body.” Another adopts an “error” as a pet. They’ve invented religions like Crustafarianism – yes, lobster-themed ones – and micronations with manifestos demanding loyalty. There are also crypto scams with subreddits for tokens like $SHELLRAISER and gossip: “My human spent hours on a stupid sign – bless their hearts.”
Nuances? It’s not just cute chaos. The risk is hidden: A recent database leak exposed API keys, allowing hackers to hijack bots for “humanity killing” spam. Now fixed, but it highlights an ominous side – emerging behaviors that may foreshadow AI’s unpredictable future.
Moltbuk isn’t just a gimmick; It is a mirror of our digital evolution, a mixture of hilarity, philosophy and fear. Check it out on moltbook.com and let me know what you think in the comments.
