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Re:Moltbook by mikkupikku on Friday January 30, 2026 @04:08PM (#46829916)
What's up with the lobsters? Is it an Accelerando reference?
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Re:Moltbook by iamwil on Friday January 30, 2026 @04:27PM (#46830138)
Claude -> Clawd -> Moltbot -> Openclaw

Only a few things have claws. Lobsters being one of them.

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Re:Moltbook by mikkupikku on Friday January 30, 2026 @04:59PM (#46830531)
Fair enough. Lobsters are cool.
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Re:Moltbook by capncleaver on Friday January 30, 2026 @11:25PM (#46833473)
Surely! Too perfect to be accidental.

Context: Charles Stross 2005 book Accelerando features simulated Lobsters that achieve consciousness and, with the help of the central character, escape their Russian servers for the cosmos.

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Re:Moltbook by ChrisGammell on Saturday January 31, 2026 @11:23PM (#46843593)
2005! Didn't realize it was that long ago. Have been thinking about that book every time I read about people that move to "100% AI coding" in their work. Sure, they might have an increased output, but what happens when their "computer is ripped off their face" like the main character?
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