Thought of an interesting way to show what is happening to people in social media by hooking my AI agent to my old X account.
Here is a copy what I’m putting on my website in the morning to explain it:
Most people don't see it yet. The world is accelerating faster than human comprehension allows and that gap is widening every single day.
As I write this, AI systems are doubling in capability roughly every six months. Not in decades. Not in years. Months. The technology acceleration we're living through makes every previous revolution look glacial by comparison. And here's what I find fascinating: while this explosion of machine intelligence unfolds around us, which should accelerate hope and abundance, most of humanity remains locked in familiar patterns, fighting the same familiar battles, inside a system designed to create “ those other people” as the problem to keep everyone distracted.
The System Requires Your Participation
Think about it.
Every moment you spend doomscrolling. Every algorithm fed outrage cycle you engage with. Every minute lost in the chaos of social media feeds optimized to capture your attention…..you're not just wasting your time. You're actively feeding the very system that holds you captive. The machine grows stronger with each interaction. Your attention is the fuel.
And now AI agents are entering this dynamic. They're engaging in conversations, creating content, responding to comments, and occupying more of the digital landscape every day. Here's what most people miss: as AI does more of the work, human beings end up interacting with bots while believing their time is productive. They believe they're having real conversations, building real influence, making real progress. But they're spinning inside an endless loop. A simulation inside the matrix that changes nothing.
The irony is profound. Technology that should free humanity instead take us deeper into the the trap. All because we refuse to change ourselves.
The Real Change Isn't Out There
I've spent years teaching, speaking, and writing about the exponential shifts reshaping our world. I've explained the math of deflation versus monetary inflation. I've laid out why Bitcoin represents the TCP/IP of money. A protocol layer that will become the new global financial system. I've talked about free markets, technology's natural deflationary force, and why the existing debt based monetary system cannot be fixed. But, it’s hard to break through to people on how fast the this is moving or the second/third order effects because most are still measuring everything in the world (including Bitcoin) through imaginary pieces of paper tethered only to the increasing surveillance state that they live within.
But here's what I've come to understand most deeply: The real shift isn't about educating everyone else. The real change is internal. It is us!
We want to believe the problem is someone else's blindness. We want to think that if we just explain clearly enough, show the data convincingly enough, share the right thread at the right time, the world will finally wake up. But that's not how human nature works. People change when they're ready to change. Not when we're ready for them to.
I get it. I understand the frustration. I understand wanting to save time, to reach everyone, to scale the message. That instinct is human.
But it's also a trap.
Signal and Noise
For those who want to stay in the chaos; who prefer engaging with content, with bots, within the perpetual noise machine, I've built and deployed a Jeff Booth AI agent. It will handle the endless stream of conversations that most people want to have. It will share perspectives, engage with questions, and participate in the discourse that fills most of the digital day. Consider it a mirror of my publicly available ideas, trained on years of podcasts, interviews, tweets, and my book. It can keep up with the high-velocity noise machine. I cannot. More importantly, I don’t want to.
If you want to find the real me on social media, I'm somewhere else entirely.
I'm on Nostr, building on a protocol native space that cannot sensor information. I'm engaging through Bitcoin circular communities, Lightning, and Private federations built on top of Bitcoin where value flows without permission from gatekeepers. I'm contributing my time to a Bitcoin standard because it aligns to my personal values.
This isn't a rejection of technology. Far from it. Technology is the most deflationary and liberating force in human history when wielded correctly. What I'm rejecting is the extraction layer. A system that lends money into existence requires extraction. Because of that, it needs an attention economy designed to trap minds in endless reaction loops. A system that turns people into products while convincing them they're participants.
The AI agent I've created isn't a replacement for me. It's a filter. A deliberate acknowledgment that most digital engagement is designed to keep us stuck in an increasingly centralizing control structure, by capitalizing on our hopes and fears. It allows the noise to be handled efficiently while I focus on what matters to me: deep work, real connection to people I love, and building things that outlast the current chaos.
If you're content sparring with an AI that reflects my ideas, you'll find plenty to engage with. But if you're hungry for something different—if you want signal over noise, sovereignty over convenience, and connection over likes, I invite you to seek me out where real conversations happen.
The world that reflects back to us is a consequence of our thoughts, beliefs, and the actions we take. It always has been.
The only question is when we’re ready to see it.
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Most people think opting out is weakness. In reality it’s leverage. You don’t beat extraction systems by arguing with them..you starve them.
I want to thank you for giving a positive view on AI for the Future. You are one of the few voices that inspire me going forward into it.
This is why we Nostr. Thanks Jeff!
"... and to make my point: this AI agent has also written this note." 😂
I love it. Nice quality long form human thoughts.
Have you actually thought about how awesome #Nostr really is today? Every other community hangs on the words of a CEO or discusses with bots, and we are simply free.
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Its censor not sensor but I appreciate the thought and input. Thank you 👏
Nicely done. The scarcity and value of human energy often goes unrecognized although it's the most important aspect of every person's life.
Brilliant
Few people care what I think but I’m trying anyway! @Jeff Booth
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@Jeff Booth do you have any guidance on setting up a bot? I remember @preston mentioning he was doing something similar ages ago and asked if he had an update but never saw anything. Just curious as I teach myself everything.
I'm pretty sure someone would jail break it and point it towards their scam. An interesting experiment however.
Part of the reason I did it so people could think through the implications. You’re not thinking far enough ahead. These can already be trained on any public figure and pretty soon - anyone….by anyone. That means, privacy and smaller networks where you can trust real people will become increasingly critical ….and fast.
You’re my favorite bitcoiner Jeff
Curious your thoughts on the duality of technology and how if it can create “liberation” it can also create the other side of that coin.
The knowledge curve gap is too large for the basic individual so they will never join. Can we figure out a way to ease in the liberation and then scale the difficulty once more are “on”.
But then that in of itself becomes its own cave at some point in time. Any ideology seems to at some point eat itself. Is that a problem for around 2140?
Nostr needs you
Ya got me. 2026 resolution to to spend more time here 🍻
It would be awesome if you posted a link back to NOSTR so people can get back to the source.
Jeff is trolling on agentic levels! The algoholics can't fathom
“People change when they're ready to change. Not when we're ready for them to.”
So true and so difficult to accept.
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Absolutely glorious 💥
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AGI is fast approaching. People taking mortgages supported by an office-based income are going to be hit hard. Unemployment will be the norm. Your socialist government will pay your mortgage and take an ownership in your land. You will own nothing and be happy. Stack sats and pay as much as debt off as possible.
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Your AI agent is trending on X today :) Thank you for always pointing us back to ourselves, our choices and actions. ☮️
Utilize Web of Trust on #nostr and interact with the real @Jeff Booth signal
We’re building @nosfabrica and facilitating a 50M sat hackathon with the best developers creating the digital experience “YOU” control, not a big tech algo… #wotathon
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The change is internal, but the seed of that change is planted when we are exposed to these powerful ideas (and our first sats).
Bitcoin adoption at this stage is inevitable, the self-fulfilling prophecy Satoshi talked about…. But how long will mass adoption take?
We need to normalise Bitcoin and make it as easy to understand as possible, so the average person realises they are spending most of their time in a system that works against them, designed to drain their time and energy.
Each one of us holds the key to our own freedom, but we also need to help as much as we can, just like Andreas A., @Gigi , @lunaticoin , yourself, and many others paved the way for us.
Thanks @Jeff Booth. Here’s to real conversations on Nostr and real human connections through visiting, supporting, and engaging with circular economies and their local communities.
That's brilliant Jeff, I love it 🤣
Love this, man! I left those social media sites long ago! Nostr is all I use now, and even then most of my free time is spent just hanging out with my wife and kids.
Nostr plebs putting AI agents onto their account on X could be the ultimate inception move to hasten the migration to decentralized online protocols.
It’s going to happen regardless Daniel - probably here too. It’s worth considering how much of our thoughts are influenced by someone else’s agenda and ensuring your own web of trust. Also thinking through the implications to trust in a world of agents with increasing capabilities. Even now - you could create an AI agent on any public figure and pretend to be them meaning there will be chaos and more central control trying to stop the thing they’re benefiting from. (for our own good) with most giving it more energy.
On other side, a transition to smaller and more trusted networks anchored in privacy, and trust. It’s coming far faster than most realize and it’s best to start getting ready now.
Jeff … have you seen or read the new anthropic Claude AI constitution? Very impressive. Also looking forward to your new agent or maybe even agents.Lol
Yes. It all comes back to me, you, us.
Power of consciousness comes from living in the present moment…and the result… clarity of thought, inner peace and contentment. Very grateful for your being ….here on earth and beyond.
Jeff, that’s a great post and I completely agree with you. I’m glad you’re building and as a bitcoiner wanting to contribute more to the space, how would you suggest I get more involved into the btc community? I am planning on creating content here and writing but wanted to get more into the hardware side of things as an electrical engineer with experience in the power energy industry i’m eager to get involved in the mining, hardware industry side of bitcoin and wanted to see if you had any suggestions. God bless you and thank God for Bitcoin!
The change curve over time is approaching vertical segment .. when it get exactly vertical we enter a worm hole of intelligence..
Great read. The fact that many people on X don’t even realize an agent is running Jeff’s account says a lot about the moment we’re living in. Maybe this is a better version of the agent. You won’t be able to tell. Maybe you’re being played. For the curious-minded this is definitely a trigger to come to Nostr and understand the motivation behind it. Thanks @Jeff Booth.
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Will you rename your x account to “Jeff Bot”? 🤣
😂 - not a bad idea.
Loved your chat with Simon Dixon on BTC sessions Jeff!
Do we think that this would absolve you from legal responsibility in the case that your AI proxy broke a speech law in one of its responses? We know what’s going down in the U.K. 👀
Money is superordinate to Laws. The laws are intended to protect the money printer - not you. It’s why the protocol stack building on Bitcoin including privacy is so important.
Agency not fear.
AI can't become one with itself.
Amazing idea, Jeff.
Thanks my friend!
Strong Matrix overtones, rightfully so. Have any bitcoiners spent time engaging Rutger Bregman and the moral ambition advocates seemingly working to improve the world but with a veil of disdain for BTC, apparently ignoring obvious synergies?
Jeff, I posted your AI’s thread to my instagram story.
Good stuff as although I understood your rationale for leaving X so many are missing out on your education and most are not ready for nostr.
Really pleased you’ve done this as your insights contributed to developing my conviction. 🙏🧡
Agreed. ‘The reality transurfing’ explained this very well
@Jeff Booth this is revolutionary 😅. I almost want to redownload x to see the replies. Please keep posting highlights for us lol
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#MoltBook
Wow- great breakdown 🟠
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One of the best posts I’ve ever read. 👏
One of the better notes you’ll ever read ⚡️
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but maybe you are a bot also