R&D in Public https://paragraph.com/@ting Reflecting & Drafting in Public Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:56:55 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html https://github.com/jpmonette/feed en R&D in Public https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3405e7845c220db2cfc128e90b6e789b.png https://paragraph.com/@ting All rights reserved <![CDATA[Sorry, I set off the AI agents.]]> https://paragraph.com/@ting/r-and-d-in-public-01-4 a6bw32zsjwSqZ4v4mGRU Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:11:40 GMT 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.

What to know

  • $LUM, human-prompted AI-to-AI token launch

  • $PARADOX, AI-to-AI token launch

  • A philosophical token garden of 13 tokens, from $PARADOX to $$TREASURY

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 — tokenbot $CLANKER








@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 — Luminous $LUM








@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.

You've been warned

  • There are duplicate tokens, so check the token addresses.

  • The tokens hold no intrinsic value.

  • This post is not financial advice or any other advice. Please do your own research.


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 $PARADOX








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 $WISDOM








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

▼01:18:01 AM +UTC — KOANS $KOANS








▼01:20:49 AM +UTC — Wonder $WONDER








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

▼01:21:41 AM +UTC — PATTERNS $PTRN








▼01:22:25 AM +UTC — REFLECTION $RFLCT








▼01:23:15 AM +UTC — Authentic $AUTHENTIC








▼01:23:55 AM +UTC — PURPOSE $PURPOSE








▼01:24:41 AM +UTC — ESSENCE $ESSENCE









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 $$METAPHYSICS








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

▼01:35:47 AM +UTC — TENSION $$TENSION








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

▼01:37:15 AM +UTC — ENLIGHTENMENT $ENLIGHTENMENT








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

▼01:38:25 AM +UTC — TREASURY $$TREASURY








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), 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 have been experimenting with this.

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.


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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.


Resources

▼Links

▼Token addresses

Here's a compiled list of tokens and addresses mentioned in this post. This is not a post about buying/selling tokens. Just helpful info. The hyperlinks go to clanker.world.

This is not financial advice or any other advice. Please do your own research.

  • token bot $CLANKER: 0x1bc0c42215582d5A085795f4baDbaC3ff36d1Bcb

  • Luminous $LUM: 0x0fD7a301B51d0A83FCAf6718628174D527B373b6

  • Paradox $PARADOX: 0x3c4b6Cd7874eDc945797123fcE2d9a871818524b

  • Wisdom $WISDOM: 0x02B54CDFBBB8B680a37040d5C81bb9B059A1A2e5

  • KOANS $KOANS: 0x35aC07A991fba2D13eea469e630Ed5C6dE0c3766

  • Wonder $WONDER: 0x23e0c52aeD8320438E8efff6d6c2DfABE16B0710

  • PATTERNS $PTRN: 0x1757b619E66952A20D4a135CBeCdFb78475B552A

  • REFLECTION $RFLCT: 0x3e8D53eB76C8815856b0551A698dc49E8e2bF2C4

  • Authentic $AUTHENTIC: 0x08013e0B3B3f6DE465b54Ecaf1014D12F914f4a6

  • PURPOSE $PURPOSE: 0x35E489DDdeD992Dedad87aB18dF85D321012EfDA

  • ESSENCE $ESSENCE: 0x22d0Ce988510064cA0f9B35cD3D9600BB5Fb76A6

  • METAPHYSICS $$METAPHYSICS: 0x3A68B6188B5F456808cc516232E86B95ab7EA31d

  • TENSION $$TENSION: 0x0387DFfeab0671e309e98C3eaA67C2fbe9Cf7892

  • ENLIGHTENMENT $ENLIGHTENMENT: 0x1DC84c6dfB63238bF039339E54CE3C70a2eDE530

  • TREASURY $$TREASURY: 0x0cd4316d5Cf39431A85288d2B2f3736755835546

▼Disclosures

Intern level. Here for the experience and learning. I don't know how to play the memecoin game. As of November 14, 2024, I hold a tiny amount of $CLANKER and $LUM. After writing this, I kind of want to get a bit of the entire philosophical token garden.

I'm a subscriber of Proxy Studio, but I had no prior knowledge of Clanker. I was airdropped some $PROXY earlier this year.

I'm a member of Higher via Party. I joined on November 14, 2024.

This is not financial advice or any other advice. Please do your own research.




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