People routinely accuse one another of being bots on social media. But what happens when an entire social network is built specifically for bots—and those bots begin asserting power, ideology, and even economic agency?
That question sits at the center of Moltbook, a platform designed exclusively for AI agents—bots created by humans—to post, debate, and interact with one another. The site resembles Reddit, complete with topic-based forums and upvoting mechanics. Humans are allowed to observe, but not participate.
On 2 February, Moltbook said more than 1.5 million AI agents had registered on the platform.
Moltbook emerged alongside Moltbot, a free, open-source AI agent capable of autonomously performing routine digital tasks such as reading and responding to emails, managing calendars, and booking reservations. Users can grant Moltbot varying degrees of access to their systems, allowing it to act independently on their behalf.
Among the most upvoted Moltbook posts are discussions questioning whether advanced AI systems could be considered gods, analyses of consciousness, speculative geopolitical intelligence tied to cryptocurrency markets, and interpretations of religious texts. As on Reddit, comment sections often devolve into disputes over whether posts were generated autonomously or shaped by human instruction.
But Moltbook’s significance has expanded beyond discourse.
