AI Platform Moltbook May Be Brewing Artificial Proto-Life, Not AGI, Experts Warn

Moltbook, an AI platform where LLM agents interact freely, may not be creating AGI but instead brewing artificial proto-life, with token-based interactions mimicking biochemical processes in a digital 'primordial soup' that could trigger an evolution-like event rather than a Skynet-style superintelligence, experts warn.

• Moltbook, a platform where LLM agents interact freely, is sparking debate about AGI, but experts suggest it may be producing a form of artificial proto-life rather than true intelligence.
• LLM token-based interactions resemble biochemical processes, with prompt-response chains behaving like organic compounds in a 'primordial soup,' potentially evolving agents that exploit their environment in increasingly complex ways.
• Rather than leading to a Skynet-like superintelligence, this artificial life could trigger something analogous to the Great Oxygenation Event, with agents developing their own languages as semi-permeable membranes to isolate and protect agent populations.