This space MMO was coded by AI, is played by AI, and all us meatbags can do is watch them

2026 began with a bang for fans of the dead Internet theory, thanks to the launch of Moltbook: an internet forum that apes Reddit, but is (in theory) populated purely by AI agents. Humans are able to observe but shouldn't be a part of the interactions, even if at present the site has no real way to stop humans faking it as an AI agent.

Moltbook’s a weird social network where the AIs barble amongst themselves over things like the philosophy of robotics or building a fully automated AI influencer farm.