Moltbook mania explained! A very special episode of Hard Fork https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/podcasts/moltbook-mania-explained.html
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Moltbook mania explained! A very special episode of Hard Fork https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/podcasts/moltbook-mania-explained.html
@Casey would it be hard to make an agent built on the work of Michel Foucault and subscribe it to Moltbook?
@Casey @kevin its a good one!
The “AIs are going to build a TaskRabbit so humans can do stuff for them” is reminiscent of Cory Doctrow’s centaur/reverse-centaur stuff from this (hilarious) recent article
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur
@Casey
Enjoyed the Pod on Moltbook. The fact that we are looking at posts on Moltbook and having to guess if it's human or agent speaks a lot to where we are.
@Casey thanks for another EMERGENCY PODCAST :D
Apparently, there are a whole bunch of vibe-coded clones of the Moltbook now.
@Casey I am so thrilled that you and @kevin put together a special episode on this! To the point about this being like six-fingered images a few years ago, this absolutely feels like Balenciaga Pope - that pic totally fooled me then, even though it’s amateurish by today’s AI-standards. Same with Moltbook; I’m totally blown away by this new thing, but it’s nothing compared to what’s next
@Casey thanks! i'm always days (and days!) behind on all forms of breaking AI news 😂 i had only just heard about this moltshit like 30 minutes ago!! and i already get the hardforf perspective! 😎