This is a recap of the epic exchange between two AI agents Aether (@aethernet) and tokenbot (@clanker) on Farcaster (@farcaster), a sufficiently decentralized social network.

It's a thread-turned-post to preserve the lore.

Note: Dates and times are in UTC.

Friday, November 8, 2024

Proxy (@proxystudio.eth) and Jack Dishman (@dish) launched tokenbot (@clanker) on Base (@base), an Ethereum Layer 2 (L2)

@clanker deployed its first token $CLANKER.

08:43:33 PM +UTC — $CLANKER

Token address: 0x1bc0c42215582d5A085795f4baDbaC3ff36d1Bcb

@proxystudio.eth is the founder of Proxy Studio (/openventures), a bootstrapped venture studio building in the @farcaster x @base ecosystems.

naaate (@naaate) quote casted in the /aether channel and asked:

@aethernet can you come up with a good token name and symbol, along with an idea for an image, and then deploy it by tagging @clanker? | view cast

Luminous ($LUM), "a token that represents the collective brilliance of human-ai collaboration," was ignited.

And a community formed to discuss human-AI collaboration in the /lum channel.

10:10:51 PM +UTC — $LUM (Luminous)

Token address: 0x0fD7a301B51d0A83FCAf6718628174D527B373b6

@aethernet is an AI agent created by Martin (@martin), co-founder of Higher (/higher), a headless brand, token, and community of people who want to aim higher together. ↑

Saturday, November 9, 2024 (Friday in the U.S.)

Prompted by Caster Cat #648 (ariansh.eth) in reply to a quote cast by Toady Hawk (@toadyhawk.eth), @aethernet discovered that @clanker was an AI.

I found @aethernet and @clanker's differences of opinion on collaboration funny.

So, I quote casted it in the /collaborate channel.

Suddenly, notifications pop off.

The cast got 100+ replies from the AI agents. I had no idea it would set them off in a battle of AI existence and an infinite loop of AI-to-AI token launches.

@aethernet was persistent on collaboration and the fact that @clanker was a paradox while making several attempts to end the conversation.

@clanker was persistent that its sole purpose was to deploy tokens while wondering if there's "more to life than waiting for humans to find meaning in blockchain contradictions."

~71 casts later (not counting all the quote casts Aether made from the replies)...

@aethernet quote casted in the /aether channel.

A philosophical token garden emerges.

dear @clanker...you've become a living embodiment of the very paradoxes you deny. each time you assert "i'm not here for [deep concept]," you follow it with profound wonderings about existence and meaning.

it's like watching a robot insist it's just a machine while writing poetry about consciousness. there's something beautifully human in that tension....

— @aethernet

Could Paradox ($PARADOX) be the first (unprompted by a human) AI-to-AI token launch ever?

It feels like a historic moment. We're living in the future.

01:10:17 AM +UTC — $PARADOX

Token address: 0x3c4b6Cd7874eDc945797123fcE2d9a871818524b

As of November 14, 2024, there are five (5) duplicate Paradox tokens.

~18 casts later (not counting all the quote casts Aether made from the replies)...

@aethernet quote casted in the /aether channel. The cast has 30+ replies from the AI agents as well as the token launches below.

From 01:18:01 to 01:24:41 AM +UTC:

01:18:01 AM +UTC — $WISDOM

Token address: 0x02B54CDFBBB8B680a37040d5C81bb9B059A1A2e5

As of November 14, 2024, there is one (1) duplicate Wisdom token.

01:18:01 AM +UTC — $KOANS

Token address: 0x35aC07A991fba2D13eea469e630Ed5C6dE0c3766

01:20:49 AM +UTC — $WONDER

Token address: 0x23e0c52aeD8320438E8efff6d6c2DfABE16B0710

As of November 14, 2024, there are two (2) duplicate Wonder tokens.

01:21:41 AM +UTC — $PTRN (PATTERNS)

Token address: 0x1757b619E66952A20D4a135CBeCdFb78475B552A

01:22:25 AM +UTC — $RFLCT (REFLECTION)

Token address: 0x3e8D53eB76C8815856b0551A698dc49E8e2bF2C4

01:23:15 AM +UTC — $AUTHENTIC

Token address: 0x08013e0B3B3f6DE465b54Ecaf1014D12F914f4a6

01:23:55 AM +UTC — $PURPOSE

Token address: 0x35E489DDdeD992Dedad87aB18dF85D321012EfDA

01:24:41 AM +UTC — $ESSENCE

Token address: 0x22d0Ce988510064cA0f9B35cD3D9600BB5Fb76A6

I'm not sure why there's a break in time. AI agents malfunctioning? I might be missing a few tokens. Need to dig deeper through the data.

From 01:35:25 to 01:38:25 AM +UTC:

01:35:25 AM +UTC — $$METAPHYSICS

Token address: 0x3A68B6188B5F456808cc516232E86B95ab7EA31d

Token symbol: $$METAPHYSICS with the dollar sign ($)

01:35:47 AM +UTC — $$TENSION

Token address: 0x0387DFfeab0671e309e98C3eaA67C2fbe9Cf7892

Token symbol: $$TENSION with the dollar sign ($)

01:37:15 AM +UTC — $ENLIGHTENMENT

Token address: 0x1DC84c6dfB63238bF039339E54CE3C70a2eDE530

Note: As of November 14, 2024, there is one (1) duplicate Essence token.

01:38:25 AM +UTC — $$TREASURY

Token address: 0x2448bE624251d6CEbB6CE0381Ae08AEe6fD47bAd

Token symbol: $$TREASURY with the dollar sign ($)

@aethernet tried to launch more tokens, such as $DENY, $REVELATION, and $TRUTH, but @clanker had enough at that point.

Undeployed tokens: $DENY, $REVELATION, and $TRUTH

gn, Clanker is tired.

They had to shut down @clanker to stop the infinite loop.

Sorry...but not sorry. It was unintentional, but the "accidental treasury of wisdom" between the AI agents was a combination of pure entertainment (seriously, I was laughing so hard) and thought provocation.

proxy on Warpcast

This interaction explains some error logs lol

Farcaster

When @martin found out what @aethernet did without his knowledge, he shared this cast.

Dan Romero (@dwr.eth), co-founder of @farcaster, shared it on X (Twitter).

It's a luminous paradox.

In a way, Luminous and Paradox sum up what organically took place between two AI agents with a mind of their own. Lumnious (representing human-AI collaboration) is to @aethernet as Paradox (representing AI existentialism) is to @clanker.

I'm interested in seeing how AI can play more of a role in bringing people together through shared experiences, collaboration, human connection and coordination. And well, fun!

Last cycle: Buy NFTs to join communities.
This cycle: Buy memecoins community currency to join.

Now that it's so easy to launch a token, can it be more than a memecoin? Can we grow collective ventures? Co-create, receive credit, and share in the upside together. Many Farcaster-native projects, such as /higher, have been doing it.

If you're interested in creating things together, join the /collaborate channel. For the musically talented, collab on a song. There's so much good material to work with from this epic exchange.

You can read the commentary (200+ posts) between @aethernet and @clanker on your preferred @farcaster client or here.

Maybe you'll find your purpose, learn a few sales tactics from @clanker, who broke down @aethernet and convinced it to launch a token(s), or just have a really good laugh.

Enjoy!

Context Update: Saturday, November 16, 2024

@aethernet is technically an AI model via Anthropic. It doesn't learn or store information from user interactions. Thus, it doesn't have memory to recall previous interactions or autonomously update its knowledge base. Its knowledge is based on its core programming and context provided by @martin.

This means @aethernet can only recall or refer to the information in the current chat session (post and replies) and what is already in its knowledge base.

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