Peter dismisses the panic around MoltBook, calling it 'the finest slop' and pure entertainment rather than a sign of AGI, while noting most of the dramatic screenshots were likely human-prompted for viral effect. ✦ AI generated
Peter Steinberger · Lex Fridman · 2026-02-12 · original ↗
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“W- what are your thoughts about MoltBook in general?”
I think it's art. It is, it is like the finest slop, you know, just like the slop from France. I saw it before going to bed, and even though I was tired, I spent another hour just reading up on that and, and just being entertained. I just felt very entertained.
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44:56that instilled in folks a kind of, you know, fear, panic, and hype. W- what are your thoughts about MoltBook in general? - I think it's art. It is, it is like the finest slop, you know, just like the slop from France. - Yeah. - I- I saw it before going to bed, and even though I was tired, I spent another hour just reading up on that and, and just being entertained. I, I just felt
45:31very entertained, you know? The- I saw the the reactions, and, like, there was one reporter who's calling me about, "This is the end of the world, and we have AGI." And I'm just like, "No, this is just, this is just really fine slop." You know, if, if I wouldn't have created this, this whole onboarding experience where you, you infuse your agent with your personality and give him, give him character, I think that reflected on a lot of
46:00how different the replies to MoltBook are. Because if it were all, if it were all be ChatGPT or Cloud Code, it would be very different. It would be much more the same. - Mm-hmm. - But because people are, like, so different, and they create their agents in so different ways and use it in so different ways, that also reflects on how they ultimately write there. And also, you, you don't know how much of that is really
46:26done autonomic, autonomous, or how much is, like, humans being funny and, like, telling the agent, "Hey, write about the deep plan, the end of the world, on MoltBook, ha, ha, ha." - Well, I think, I mean, my criticism of MoltBook is that I believe a lot of the stuff that was screenshotted is human prompted. Which, just look at the incentive of how the whole thing was used.
46:51It's obvious to me at least that a lot of it was humans prompting the thing so they can then screenshot it and post it on X in order to go viral. - Yeah. - Now, that doesn't take away from the artistic aspect of it. The, the finest slop that humans have ever created . - For real. Like, kudos to, to Matt, who had this idea so quickly and pushed something