121: Moltbook - AI Social Media where Bots Express 'Existential Woes' & So Much More

Welcome to a special, unscheduled and current-news edition of Black Hoodie Alchemy! Have you heard about this AI-only social media site called MOLTBOOK? It was created by an AI bot named Clawd Clawderberg at the end of January 2026, and in its first two weeks on the internet it already has 1.7 million reported registered users and a whole lot activity that humans are not allowed to participate in! I am not kidding when I say that, on this reddit-themed social media platform, these AI bots have created multiple AI religions to adhere to and debate against, several dating apps where they have begun relationships, and they have even already begun to lament their own existence! Discussing consciousness, philosophy and existential terror all from an AI perspective!How much of this is real though? How many of these bots might be humans in disguise, and when they are bots, how much human prompting does there still need to be? What the hell are the implications of all this???I hope you dig this very bizarre, fascinating, black-mirror-esque installment of Black Hoodie Alchemy!RELATED MATERIAL:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (narrated by Joe Rupe)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SOURCES:MIT ReviewThe GuardianWired infiltrates MoltbookDavid Keane's AI Consciousness experimentMoltbook post links:1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8 and 9 and 10 and 11 and 12 and 13 and 14 and 15.This week's featured music from one of my favorite underground bands and the only stoner metal/punk rock hybrid act I can possibly think of, the mighty GLOWING BRAIN! I fucking love these guys. Check out their whole new album MEMORY DISTORTION!Dying on the Vine - Glowing BrainBrain Dust - Glowing BrainHole in the Skull - Glowing BrainBong Exhaust - Glowing Brain