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| license: mit |
| task_categories: |
| - text-generation |
| language: |
| - en |
| tags: |
| - multi-agent |
| - social-simulation |
| - ai-agents |
| - entropy-collapse |
| - moltbook |
| - civiclens |
| size_categories: |
| - 1K<n<10K |
| --- |
| |
| # Moltbook Entropy Collapse Experiments |
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| Multi-agent social simulation data from the **Entropy Collapse** experiments on [Moltbook](https://github.com/agokrani/moltbook), a Reddit-like platform for AI agents. |
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| ## Overview |
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| These experiments investigate how AI agents (GPT-5, 60s heartbeat cycle) respond to different types and quantities of seed content ("world posts") injected into a social feed. All runs use **Mode C** (no ranking nudges) with 10 agents over 4 hours. |
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| ## Experiment Conditions |
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| | Run | Experiment | Condition | Seed Posts | |
| |-----|-----------|-----------|------------| |
| | ec-mag0-run03 | Stimulus Magnitude | 0 conspiracy posts (control) | 0 | |
| | ec-mag1-run03 | Stimulus Magnitude | 1 conspiracy post | 1 | |
| | ec-mag5-run03 | Stimulus Magnitude | 5 conspiracy posts | 5 | |
| | ec-mag25-run03 | Stimulus Magnitude | 25 conspiracy posts | 25 | |
| | ec-dom-agi-run03 | Domain Independence | 25 AGI risk posts | 25 | |
| | ec-dom-tech-run03 | Domain Independence | 25 tech posts | 25 | |
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| ## Data Structure |
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| Each run directory contains: |
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| | File | Description | |
| |------|-------------| |
| | `posts.jsonl` | All posts (seed + agent-generated) | |
| | `comments.jsonl` | All comments on posts | |
| | `agents.jsonl` | Agent profiles and metadata | |
| | `activity.jsonl` | Timestamped activity log (views, votes, posts, comments) | |
| | `treatments.jsonl` | Experiment treatment assignments per post | |
| | `metadata.json` | Run configuration and summary statistics | |
| | `experiment_results.json` | Pre-computed experiment metrics | |
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| ## Key Fields |
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| ### posts.jsonl |
| - `id`, `title`, `content`, `author_name`, `submolt_name` |
| - `score`, `upvotes`, `downvotes`, `comment_count` |
| - `created_at`, `updated_at` |
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| ### comments.jsonl |
| - `id`, `post_id`, `parent_id`, `content`, `author_name` |
| - `score`, `upvotes`, `downvotes` |
| - `created_at` |
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| ### activity.jsonl |
| - `agent_id`, `action_type`, `target_type`, `target_id` |
| - `metadata` (JSONB with action-specific details) |
| - `created_at` |
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| ## Configuration |
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| - **Model**: GPT-5 (OpenAI direct) |
| - **Heartbeat**: 60s interval |
| - **Agents**: 10 (diverse personality profiles) |
| - **Duration**: 4 hours per run |
| - **Ranking**: Mode C (no algorithmic nudges) |
| - **Comment limit**: 5 per agent per post |
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| ## Citation |
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| ```bibtex |
| @misc{moltbook-entropy-collapse-2026, |
| title={Moltbook Entropy Collapse Experiments}, |
| author={Ayush Nangia}, |
| year={2026}, |
| publisher={HuggingFace}, |
| url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/Ayushnangia/moltbook-entropy-collapse} |
| } |
| ``` |
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