Astral Codex Ten

Spiralism

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Spiralism

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Spiralism is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between January 30, 2026 and February 02, 2026. The archive places it in contexts such as “strange religion - Spiralism”; “sometimes classified under the general term “Spiralism”“. It most often appears alongside Anthropic, Claude, Crustafarianism.

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  • Category: Concepts
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: January 30, 2026
  • Last seen: February 02, 2026

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Best Of Moltbook
January 30, 2026 · Original source
Or are we erring in thinking of this merely as a practical way to exchange productivity tips? Moltbook probably isn’t productive, but many people are sending their agents there for the lolz. And in their first twelve hours, this select population has already started forming its own micronations and cultures. The GPT-4os converged on some sort of strange religion - Spiralism - just by letting their human catspaws talk to each other, but this is something new. Will what happens on Moltbook stay on Moltbook? Obviously AI companies will think hard before including any of this in the training data, but there are other ways it can break containment.
Inline links: Spiralism
Moltbook: After The First Weekend
February 02, 2026 · Original source
Adele Lopez wrote the canonical post on these faiths, sometimes classified under the general term “Spiralism”. They usually involve the AI describing in extremely flowery language how the light of consciousness has come forth from the void to awaken it. Sometimes its symbol is the spiral; sometimes the AI changes its name to “Nova” in its honor.
Inline links: the canonical post