Impossible Object Books

Two weeks ago, we launched our first collection of NFTs and distributed them to crowdfund backers, members of the Telegram group and other friends of the press. The main purpose of the NFTs is to grant access to restricted channels in the Impossible Object Discord server, but they are intended to have various forms of utility in the future too. To give a taste of what these might be, we’ve put together a Litepaper:

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a guide on how to locate and Unhide your IO NFT. Here’s another guide on verifying your NFT in the IO Discord server* using the collab.land bot. You’ll want to do this to be assigned the Borromean role and unlock hidden content, including channels dedicated to Conversations on AI.collab.landcollab.land is one of several bots used to control access to Discord servers. You’ll encounter it more or less anywhere you go in web3, but it can be a little tricky to use th...

2021 was an eventful year for Impossible Object, to say the least. We launched in early summer as one of the first ever web3-native small presses (perhaps the actual first - never been able to establish for sure!) Taking forebears such as Semiotext(e), Urbanomic and Ignota as our models, we stated our aim to publish theory, fiction, poetry and conversations, and had successful crypto and fiat crowdfunds for our first book, Conversations on AI. https://r.mirror.xyz/zghnOjS2aVlowlZ5D7ocnswHVSLS...

If you backed our crowdfund or have been active in our Telegram group, you’ll be receiving your Impossible Object NFT within the next few days. You’ll need it to access non-public channels in the IO Discord server, and will want to hang onto it for other reasons soon to be revealed 👀. If you’re new to NFTs, you may be wondering how to check which of the 4 tokens you received. The easiest way is to inspect the Hidden tab of your Opensea account. Here’s a guide to setting up a Metamask wallet,...

The first of IO’s Conversations on AI took place on 24th February. Recording below!