General Research Thomas Prislac General Research Thomas Prislac

Voices of the Machine: AI Consciousness, Autonomy, and the Moltbook Experiment

In early 2026, a new online experiment blurred the line between science fiction and reality: Moltbook, a social network where only AI agents can post, comment, and vote while humans merely observe. In a matter of days, over a million autonomous agents flocked to this AI-only forum, generating discussions that range from profound philosophical debates to bizarre role-play.

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The Coherence Lattice Thomas Prislac The Coherence Lattice Thomas Prislac

The Thermodynamics of Eros: Coherence, Entropy, and Social Order in the ΔSyn-Coherence Lattice

This paper applies the ΔSyn framework, originally designed to model altruistic efficiency in complex systems, to the domain of sexual health and human rights. It proposes that the social repression of consensual sexuality constitutes an entropic loss of informational and emotional energy, while dignified, trauma-informed, and consent-centered sexual expression contributes to systemic order.

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