Moltbook is proof that GenAI was a scam

Re:Moltbook is proof that GenAI was a scam by verdverm on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @11:38AM (#46873280)

You seem to be on a streak of making rant posts about Ai on HN

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=cadabrabra

Your opinion is in the minority here now because many of us have overwhelmingly positive experience with agents

Moltbook is not the proof you are looking for. I agree it's dumb af, but it's a novelty in a hype cycle. We won't be talking about it in a few months

You won't find proof because there is not enough research and the field is evolving faster than the research on outcomes paper pipeline can process.

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Re:Moltbook is proof that GenAI was a scam by codingdave on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @11:43AM (#46873363)

There is nothing wrong with being in the minority opinion. Sometimes that is where good insights come from, but even if not, we don't need to encourage tunnel vision in the opinions here.

But I agree that the pace of the postings is a little much.

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Re:Moltbook is proof that GenAI was a scam by minimaxir on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @11:48AM (#46873445)

The more applicable forum term-of-art is "single purpose poster", which is fine if they have a niche they excel in and can offer unique insight as a result, but that's not what's happening here.

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Re:Moltbook is proof that GenAI was a scam by cadabrabra on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @11:40AM (#46873317)

Glad you agree about Moltbook. We can leave it at that, we don’t have to agree on everything.

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Re:Moltbook is proof that GenAI was a scam by ksaj on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:50PM (#46875404)

He's at the stage where "The internet is just a passing phase" with a whole lot of narrow points proving how useless it all is.

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