The AI tech bros are going crazy: They are convinced their chatbots are gaining consciousness, which is why they made a chatbot-only social network for them, where the bots have gotten religion now.Punching Upwards, Episode 22 for 8 February 2026Topic: Technology / Artificial Intelligence🦉 No AI ContentCreditsThanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Fadi Mansour, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Vlad A Gouf for subscribing to the podcast on Substack and supporting it financially! Additional thanks to Sir Galteran who continues to provide financial backing via Fountain.fm!See Also* Punching Upwards 8: Robotics Slop* Punching Upwards 15: State Secret or Vibe Physics?Sources* Inside Moltbook, the new social media network for artificial intelligence agents, CBS News, 3 February 2026* Linux Unplugged - Tested, not Hyped: Our Take on Open Source AI Agents, Jupiter Broadcasting, 2 February 2026* The Moltbook Experiment Failed, The PrimeTime, 3 February 2026* This is What 2 Years of ChatGPT Does to Your Brain, Angela Collier, 24 January 2026* Molty🦞 – Peter’s crusted AI assistant* Moltbook* Church of Molt* 🦾rentahuman.ai🦞The theme music for the podcast is a track called Fight or Fall by Def Lev. Find out more about the show at fab.industries/podcast — new media, new rules! Get full access to Punching Upwards at punchingupwards.substack.com/subscribe