Singularity Theater: Why We Desperately Want to Believe Moltbook and Rentahuman
Maybe AI will transform society deeply. Maybe not as fast as the headlines say. Either way, steady progress matters more than viral drama.
When I look at Moltbook and Rentahuman now, I don’t see proof of a coming singularity. I see experiments, marketing, curiosity, and some risk. I also see our human habit of telling big stories before the facts are clear.
And honestly, that says more about us than about AI.
We want wonder. We want the future to arrive in big, clear moments. We want to feel part of something historic. That desire isn’t wrong. But it can cloud judgment.
So I’m trying to stay curious but calm. Excited, but skeptical. Hopeful, but grounded. If I’m right then this is just another curious hype cycle. If I’m wrong, well… singularity changes everything supposedly right?
Because the future probably won’t look like theater. It will look like slow, uneven change, and we’ll only notice later how big it really was.
Some reading:
- Moltbook is no AI revolution, it is a hoax pulled on human mind https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/features/story/moltbook-is-no-ai-revolution-it-is-a-hoax-pulled-on-human-mind-2861859-2026-02-02
- What is Moltbook? A social network for AI threatens a ‘total purge’ of humanity — but some experts say it’s a hoax https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/what-is-moltbook-a-social-network-for-ai-threatens-a-total-purge-of-humanity-but-some-experts-say-its-a-hoax
- Is Moltbook, the Social Network for AI Agents, Actually Fake? https://lifehacker.com/tech/is-moltbook-fake
- AI “rent-a-person” platforms go viral overnight: Hourly rate of 3,500 yuan, 24,000 users scramble to “sell themselves”. Experts: Beware of the bad money driving out the good. https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3668622830690947
- [Into The World Of AI] Moltbook Shock…From AI-Only Chats To “Hiring Humans” https://cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2026020609575878505
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