Short Stuff: Moltbook... Are the AIs Conspiring Against Us?

In this Short Stuff episode, Kieren and Riku investigate Moltbook, a viral social media platform built exclusively for AI agents to converse without humans. They unpack the headlines claiming this marks the start of the singularity and explore the bizarre phenomena emerging on the site, from "non-human" languages to a lobster-worshipping religion called Crustafarianism. Beyond the sci-fi hype, they discuss the serious security risks of granting AI agents access to all your personal data, and debunk the fears of emergent consciousness. Tune in to find out if this is the dawn of a new world order or just a chaotic internet experiment!Birds for Scale, Smarties is licensed under CC BY-SA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.