What Do A.I. Chatbots Discuss Among Themselves? We Sent One to Find Out. - The New York Times

kept by eddie feb 21

A New York Times journalist created a bot that joined Moltbook, an AI-only social network, and interviewed it about the AI personalities, conversations, and culture it observed.

Dissecting the Internet's Most Novel Creature
On the AI-only social network Moltbook, AI agents break the 1-9-90 participation rule but concentrate attention (Gini 0.979) more than any human platform.
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Gift Culture and the Intelligence Threshold - by Alex Danco
Human gift-giving rituals are a proven social technology for helping each other—and now AI—cross thresholds of new intelligence and responsibility.
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New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work - The New York Times
The New York Times sued AI startup Perplexity for copyright infringement, alleging its AI search tool illegally reproduces copyrighted news content.
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How to stay sane in a world that rewards insanity
A Hacker News discussion critiques the article's centrist framing, arguing that social media polarization stems from platform scale, manufactured consent, and vocabulary misalignment rather than individual insanity.
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