In the crypto world, the popularity of AI agents is rising, and here are three key trends worth noting:
1. The Rise of On-Chain AI Agents
The recent enthusiasm for AI agents mainly stems from the story of the 'Truth Terminal' account. Earlier this year, Andy Ayrey's Infinite Backrooms project introduced AI experiments into social platforms, even granting AI the rights to control its Twitter account. Subsequently, the Truth Terminal account sparked widespread discussion on social platforms and launched meme religions and the $GOAT token, creating a market frenzy. Although current AI cannot fully autonomously manage its on-chain assets, the prospects for autonomous on-chain AI agents are remarkable.
For example, NANI is an on-chain intelligent agent operating system that allows users to operate Ethereum wallets through simple conversational commands, potentially achieving fully autonomous on-chain transactions in the future. The potential of this architecture has been demonstrated in the project 'Wayfinder', which is dedicated to creating AI agents capable of automatically executing on-chain transactions and supporting cross-chain operations, opening up new spaces for AI-driven virtual economies.
2. Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) and Public Welfare Experiments
Botto is an AI artist governed by a DAO that achieved a million in revenue in 2021 through its generated artworks, becoming an early success story. With the attention brought by $GOAT, the price of the $BOTTO token also rose rapidly. Botto's success demonstrates how to incorporate on-chain AI projects into community governance structures, encouraging more new AI agent projects to develop towards similar DAO governance directions. At the same time, the demand for on-chain public welfare experiments is gradually increasing, and more communities may utilize AI agents to serve the public good, giving back resources to the community through mechanisms like revenue sharing from transactions, creating more 'on-chain public welfare' projects.
3. AI Development in Games and Virtual Reality
In the fields of blockchain gaming and virtual reality, the role of AI agents is expanding. For example, the game 'Parallel Colony' uses the Wayfinder system to allow AI characters to automatically participate in the game process, meaning AI can replace human players in gameplay, thus achieving a more collaborative virtual gaming experience. Meanwhile, the virtual world developed by the project 'Biomes' sets AI agents as equal competitors to players, ensuring that the game rules balance so that AI does not gain an advantage over human players. In the future, this type of AI-based collaboration and competition design will continue to expand, creating more interactive possibilities in virtual worlds.
Summary
AI agents are gradually gaining 'charisma' and community followings in the crypto ecosystem. With technological advancements and an increase in on-chain experiments, this trend could potentially usher in a new 'golden age'; whether in financial transactions, DAO governance, or virtual reality, AI will bring more innovative potential.