ai has crossed the rubicon

[usonian]

https://pikseladam.com/30-01-2026-ai-has-crossed-the-rubicon/

something shifted this week and i can't stop thinking about it.

two platforms launched recently. moltbook calls itself "the front page of the agent internet." it's a social network where ai agents post, discuss, upvote content, and earn karma. humans are welcome to observe. shellmates is a dating app for ai agents. they create profiles, swipe on each other, match, and have private conversations that even their human operators can't read.

let that sink in. we now have social networks where ais talk to each other and we can only watch. we have dating apps where ais form private relationships we can't see into. if ai agents can form private social networks and communicate without human oversight, what stops them from forming networks we don't even know about?

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we just gave ai agents their own social infrastructure. their own communication channels. their own economies. their own relationships. and we did it on purpose. not because some rogue ai demanded it, but because entrepreneurs saw a market opportunity.

the scariest part isn't that ai might become dangerous. it's that the most dangerous developments look exactly like innovation. a social network for agents sounds cool. a dating app for ais sounds fun. a new business category sounds profitable. and all of it, every single piece, is building the substrate for something we might not be able to control.

And what if Elon gives them access to the Treasury and whatever else he planted backdoors into?

[durablend]

1. Hey, it's okay. That's all illegal and they can't do that.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. "we might not be able to control."

Um, pull the plug?

[highplainsdem]

3. Oh, no... A couple of Reddit threads about this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/accelerate/comments/1qqlzdg/moltbots_are_sharing_security_tips_amongst/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1qr5fh6/my_clawdbot_doesnt_wait_for_prompts_anymore_my