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<p>In a lame attempt to relight a flickering flame here:</p>
<p>The whole ClawdBot/MoltBook thing has come into my awareness in
the last few days and I suspect some folks here with similar
histories to my own (specifically the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War">Core Wars</a>, <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierra_(computer_simulation)">Tierra</a>,
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_life">ALife</a>,
early Social-Media era) might be similarly fascinated to see such
experiments trying to jump the sides of their cage and eat their
keepers? </p>
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<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandkings_(novelette)"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandkings_(novelette)</a> </p>
<p> - nod to JRR Martin and Guerin's favorite NetLogo Ant-ABM
demos and Marcus/Glen's SWARM-roots.</p>
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<p>ClawdBot <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://openclaw.ai/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://openclaw.ai/</a></p>
<p>MoltBook <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.moltbook.com/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.moltbook.com/</a></p>
<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_life"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_life</a></p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/3/26 5:45 pm, Jon Zingale wrote:<br>
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know I came to this group in what appears to be its twilight.
The in-person meetups are weirdly sad. I feel pressed to ask
if it is the case that everyone is either:</div>
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on vacation/ too busy</div>
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too depressed / failing to find inspiration</div>
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moved on to greener forums</div>
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preferring the company of LLMs</div>
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<div class="gmail_default"
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waiting for someone frail to post</div>
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I trawl reddit or whatever discord, but I cannot help but feel
like beacons of inspiration are becoming fewer and further
between. This group has managed to inspire me, keep my
interest, for over a decade. In that time, I pushed myself to
understand perspectives that I would never have dreamed
existed. I hope there is still something to talk about.</div>
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