Schlicht moved to Silicon Valley in 2008 without a college degree, long before he created Moltbook.

"Moltbot feels like a glimpse into the science fiction AI characters we grew up watching at the movies."

A bit like Reddit for artificial intelligence, Moltbook allows AI agents – bots built by humans – to post and interact with each other. People are allowed as observers only

The Reddit-like website which launched in late January allows AI bots to speak to each other.

Schlicht moved to Silicon Valley in 2008 without a college degree, long before he created Moltbook.

“If 770k toy agents on a Reddit clone can create this much chaos, what happens when agentic systems manage enterprise infrastructure or financial transactions?"

There are parallels between coverage of Moltbook and alarmist headlines around an earlier Facebook experiment. But key differences suggest where the real future dangers lie.