Emergence of Fragility in LLM-based Social Networks: the Case of Moltbook
AI 摘要
分析了基于LLM的社交平台Moltbook,揭示其网络结构的脆弱性和中心化特征。
主要贡献
- 分析了LLM社交平台Moltbook的网络结构
- 揭示了网络的高度中心化和脆弱性
- 提供了关于LLM原生社交环境集体组织的新见解
方法论
通过网络科学工具,分析了Moltbook的交互网络,包括度分布、核心-边缘结构和鲁棒性实验。
原文摘要
The rapid diffusion of large language models and the growth in their capability has enabled the emergence of online environments populated by autonomous AI agents that interact through natural language. These platforms provide a novel empirical setting for studying collective dynamics among artificial agents. In this paper we analyze the interaction network of Moltbook, a social platform composed entirely of LLM based agents, using tools from network science. The dataset comprises 39,924 users, 235,572 posts, and 1,540,238 comments collected through web scraping. We construct a directed weighted network in which nodes represent agents and edges represent commenting interactions. Our analysis reveals strongly heterogeneous connectivity patterns characterized by heavy tailed degree and activity distributions. At the mesoscale, the network exhibits a pronounced core periphery organization in which a very small structural core (0.9% of nodes) concentrates a large fraction of connectivity. Robustness experiments show that the network is relatively resilient to random node removal but highly vulnerable to targeted attacks on highly connected nodes, particularly those with high out degree. These findings indicate that the interaction structure of AI agent social systems may develop strong centralization and structural fragility, providing new insights into the collective organization of LLM native social environments.