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Why Moltbook Failed: A Governance Autopsy & Velaria Overview (Non-Implementational)

Year: 2026

Type: report

Abstract: This record contains two short governance documents responding to the 2026 Moltbook/OpenClaw incident: (1) a non-implementational governance autopsy mapping observed failure modes in large-scale autonomous AI agent deployment to missing governance primitives, and (2) a one-page overview of Velaria, a proposed ethical operating system layer for autonomous agents. The materials are diagnostic and conceptual only. They include no code, patches, deployment instructions, or integration guidance. The purpose of this release is to document why existing agent frameworks failed under scale and autonomy, and to outline a minimal governance architecture focused on care preservation, purpose integrity, containment, and accountability. This record makes no claims about AI consciousness, sentience, or personhood.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18131129

Author: Taylor, Benjamin Gregory

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7127382188

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