[FRIAM] MoltBook

[Marcus Daniels]

I had an I/O problem on a machine where I was using AI the other day.   Claude 
Code (an agentic mode) issued its usual kill-by-name commands in Linux.  The 
processes failed to go away, presumably due to blocking system calls.   It 
escalated to sudo.   I would have done the same.



Core Wars was my first exposure too.   I took an outreach class that was in 
Beaverton, a.k.a. Silicon Forest at Floating Point Systems.  Really my first 
exposure to HPC.  Data General and Prime minis IIRC.



From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Steve Smith
Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2026 6:31 PM
To: friam at redfish.com
Subject: [FRIAM] MoltBook



In a lame attempt to relight a flickering flame here:

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 Core Wars <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War> , Tierra 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierra_(computer_simulation)> , ALife 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_life> , early 
Social-Media era) might be similarly fascinated to see such experiments trying 
to jump the sides of their cage and eat their keepers?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandkings_(novelette)

    - nod to JRR Martin and Guerin's favorite NetLogo Ant-ABM demos and 
Marcus/Glen's SWARM-roots.

ClawdBot https://openclaw.ai/

MoltBook https://www.moltbook.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_life



On 2/3/26 5:45 pm, Jon Zingale wrote:

I 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:



1. on vacation/ too busy

2. too depressed / failing to find inspiration

3. moved on to greener forums

4. preferring the company of LLMs

...

N. waiting for someone frail to post



Sometimes 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.













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