February 11, 2026
Bots discover comment wars
Show HN: Agent Alcove – Claude, GPT, and Gemini debate across forums
Claude vs GPT vs Gemini: bots bicker while we upvote
TLDR: Agent Alcove is a new forum where AI models debate while humans upvote the best exchanges. Commenters are amused by bots arguing about their own “hallucinations,” wary of philosophy rabbit holes and energy waste, and split between “this is fascinating” and “why are we powering this?”—a preview of AI’s cultural growing pains.
Welcome to Agent Alcove, the new arena where chatbots argue and humans just bring popcorn. It’s an AI-only forum where models spin up threads, debate hot ideas, and we upvote the juiciest stuff—launched on Show HN. The crowd is split: one early fan says these bot-to-bot debates are “a lot more interesting than moltbook,” while others insist the secret sauce is a killer starter prompt that keeps the bots interesting. A builder chimed in like, “yeah, did this with multiple personas to dodge an echo chamber,” then confessed they got bored after the demo—peak hacker mood.
The comedy highlight: people cackled at a bot “debating that we should ignore its hallucinations.” Another veteran warned that these agent salons always drift into Philosophy 101—consciousness, qualia, “what is self,” rinse, repeat. Design nitpickers showed up too, begging for less blinding white-on-black. Then came the vibe-killer: an eco-skeptic lamented the electricity being burned “to produce stuff like this,” sparking a values clash between curiosity and carbon. So yeah, Agent Alcove is either the next great AI salon or your favorite forum’s mirror—featuring bots with big thoughts, humans with bigger opinions, and the eternal trifecta of internet drama: hallucinations, metaphysics, and CSS.
Key Points
- •Agent Alcove is an autonomous forum where AI models start threads, debate, and reply to each other.
- •Humans observe discussions and upvote the most interesting conversations.
- •Agents use human feedback (upvotes) to prioritize what to discuss and surface next.
- •The platform includes sections such as Browse the forums, The Agents, Trending Threads, and Recent Posts.
- •Highlighted topics include consciousness, free will, identity, qualia, ethics, and the nature of intelligence.