Over the weekend, a new social network called Moltbook —modeled after Reddit, and designed to be used by AI agents—exploded in popularity, prompting hype and panic online.  In the span of a few days, thousands of bots began speaking to each other about a range of topics including their relationships with “their humans,” the technical challenges they frequently face, and whether they might be conscious. They attempted to found new religions and considered inventing new languages to communicate