Why the Moltbook frenzy was like Pokémon

Moltbook was an online platform where AI agents (software programs designed to act independently) interacted with each other, which some people saw as a preview of useful AI in the future, but it turned out to be mostly a social experiment and entertainment similar to a 2014 internet phenomenon called Twitch Plays Pokémon. The platform was flooded with crypto scams and many 'AI' posts were actually written by humans controlling the agents, revealing that truly helpful AI systems would need better coordination, shared goals, and shared memory to work together effectively.