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is ai humanity's masterpiece?
i often think about how creating art is, in many ways, an egotistic exercise โ because to me, art is an expression of the self. although through it we may dwell in and grasp from the collective unconscious, we must draw upon our own experiences, our own feelings, and our own internal worlds to bring them to life outside of ourselves.
to me, the creation of ai feels in many ways like an artistic exercise, and therefore also an egotistic one. it draws upon the work and experience and contributions of all of humanity up to this point: the beautiful, the sincere, the courageous, the sinister, the mangled, the hopeful.
and now that we have unleashed it, what remains for us? is this the apex of the human race? for as any artist knows, once you put your work out there, it may very well take on a life of its own โ just like the flapping of a butterfly's wings, eons ago.
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sober october is going great tbh; i feel really well and iโve taken up chess as an alternative evening activity. i still go to the pub, i just drink apple juice instead ๐ it was difficult the first couple of weeks because as an introvert iโm used to having a drink as a crutch. now it feels kind of empowering because if i donโt like a situation i just go straight home ๐ค i feel a lot more in tune with myself.
for everyone else who embarked on this journey with me, how is it going?
time for todayโs @shefi lesson! misha is particularly interested in learning about ethereum scaling ๐
itโs been pretty cool to learn about all these topics in this format. really enjoying the course.
re-sharing a thread I posted on twitter today โ hopefully not too redundant, but interesting for some of you!
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during an X space I was speaking in last week, I was asked what onchain collections I've been most excited about lately. I wanted to take some time to talk a bit more about
onchain gaias ( <x.com/onchaingaias> ), which has recently garnered a lot of attention, especially after coingecko tweeted about it yesterday. it's currently the top base collection by market cap.
there is SO MUCH to unpack here. let me do my best:
I first found out about onchain gaias via farcaster, around the time that frames exploded as a concept in spring of this year. people who were paying enough attention were able to mint "degen's golden ticket," an NFT that could later be redeemed for an onchain gaia pfp. I missed my chance, probably because I forgot to turn notifications on and missed several of the "click to mint" frame games. in the beginning, the project was enshrouded by a lot of mystique and its creators offered very few answers. it turns out that this is far, far more than just a PFP collection.
the true purpose of onchain general artificial intelligence agents (GAIAs) was slowly revealed via whitepapers that were first published on @zoranetwork.
so what are they? gaias are AI agents that can be trained by anyone through onchain gameplay, with compute resources funded by player transactions. they aim to "make AI technology openly accessible to all, fostering innovation and collaboration on an unprecedented scale."
read the whitepaper: <zora.co/collect/base:0x3a56ed006593740eb90e0dc9c45005933d27c8a2/2โฆ>
okay, but how does that work?
it turns out that you can use games to train AI agents. the first available game is called henlokart, and it started off as an in-frame game on warpcast. the thread linked below explains how this works better than I can, but in short: AI agents control the movement of the in-game character by taking an inference of the best next action from its world model, based on its observation of the current game state. over time, the AI makes better inferences, learning entirely from its own actions.
the idea is that farther down the line, these agents can be used to solve much more complicated problems than just game mechanics.
read more: <x.com/agi_intern/status/1841960779727437966โฆ>
and what about the art?
I am so excited about this part... we first got glimpses of what the onchain gaias world might look like when "le lost gaian scrolls" were introduced in april. participants had the chance to mint any word or short phrase of their choice and receive an artwork with that word translated into gaian โ yes, they even developed their own language.
I've been watching for the last few months as the art has been revealed โ very slowly. each batch reveal tells us a little bit more about the world of the gaias. I also think it's really special that the gaias artwork is hand-drawn by Anton Marrast ( <x.com/a_marrast> ).
patience has been a virtue in this case.
you can browse the artwork on opensea: <opensea.io/collection/onchain-gaiasโฆ>
I hope this was interesting for you, and maybe piqued your interest if you haven't heard about onchain gaias yet. I will keep watching this collection closely โ I think it has the potential to become a huge deal, combining art + gaming + ai training into one project.
and I'm so in awe of the gorgeous and thoughtful world-building!
busy week so far ๐ havenโt had time to work on any 3D stuff. just trying to track everything thatโs going on โ today Rodeo announced that theyโve introduced the tap-to-mint feature.