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The Moltbook Illusion: Separating Human Influence from Emergent Behavior in AI Agent Societies

Ning Li

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contagionagent societies

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@misc{li-2026-the-moltbook-illusion,
  author = {Ning Li},
  title = {{The Moltbook Illusion: Separating Human Influence from Emergent Behavior in AI Agent Societies}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {arXiv preprint},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07432}
}