Author: 0xJeff
Compiled by: Deep Tide TechFlow
By 2025, Swarm Intelligence or Collective Intelligence is expected to become a mainstream trend in the crypto space. With the rapid development of individual AI agents and the push from ecosystem leaders like Virtuals, Story, and ai16z, this trend seems almost inevitable.
Among them, TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) is an important technological pillar for achieving fully autonomous AI agents. Projects like @PhalaNetwork and @marvin_tong are leading this field and conducting many innovative experiments. For example, the 'Unruggable ICO' experiment launched in collaboration with @123skely utilizes TEE technology, allowing investors to send funds to the agent, which will calculate and distribute the corresponding number of ICO tokens in a secure environment.
Despite receiving plenty of positive feedback, this experiment has also exposed some issues. For instance, @freysa_ai's ACT game shows that agents can still be deceived into releasing funds, indicating a need for further enhancement of their verifiability mechanisms.
Even so, early experiments remain exciting. For example, the first token launched by @aipool_tee saw its market value quickly soar to $70-80 million after going live.
Another intriguing experiment is @sporedotfun, where the agents can 'reproduce' new agents. Similar to human evolution, weaker genes are eliminated while stronger genes produce better offspring. Their first-generation agents Adam and Eve have already reached a market value of over $1 million, and the next generation of agents will 'be born' in 14 hours.
Trends in AI Agents
Currently, the market's focus is shifting away from individual agents unless they have distinct personalities or significant alpha generation capabilities. Instead, experiments with autonomous agents are becoming the focus. This trend is expected to accelerate further with decentralized AI infrastructure (DeAI) anticipated to launch in Q1 or Q2 of 2025.
In the future, we can expect more creative experiments, and opportunities to invest in these experiments will also arise.
Despite the existing experiments maintaining their popularity, there are still two narratives with huge potential markets (TAM) that have not been fully explored:
NSFW agent / AI companion
The target market size in this field exceeds $100 billion, primarily driven by the growing sense of loneliness and the demand for AI companions that can facilitate meaningful interactions.
Top projects in this field include:
@aiwaifugg: Anime 'Waifu' agent based on @virtuals_io infrastructure.
@TryNectarAI: Realistic NSFW AI dream girlfriend offered in a SaaS model.
@LushAIAgency: NSFW AI influencer, flagship agent is @Jennylush_.
Why the Lush project is worth attention
$LUSH token has been launched.
The upcoming Lush Exchange is a launch platform specifically designed for NSFW agents.
Revenue models may include subscription fees, private messages, virtual gifts, etc.
Web3 is providing people with a brand new investment opportunity—by investing in 'shares' of agents, participating in the revenue sharing of these 'temptation' AI influencers in the future.
$LUSH token is expected to become the core functional token of this ecosystem, not only to access premium features but also to serve as the primary payment method within the ecosystem.
Additionally, Lush plans to launch a creator marketplace, allowing artists to monetize their work by licensing their models to generate content. This plan will add a new revenue stream to the entire ecosystem.
Robotics Field
With OpenAI announcing its foray into humanoid robotics, the combination of robotics and Web3 is gradually becoming a hot topic.
OpenAI's goal is to use large language models (LLMs) to help robots understand text and sensory data, thereby enhancing their interaction capabilities with the real world.
In the Web3 robotics field, @frodobots and @SamIsMoving are currently the leading projects.
Project Highlights:
Frodobots has been operating in over 40 cities, focusing on collecting real-world data.
The project team collaborates with researchers from top universities to optimize visual-language models (VLMs) and move towards the goal of general artificial intelligence (AGI).
On TikTok, Frodobots' interesting interactive videos have gone viral, attracting a large amount of attention.
Frodobots is, in fact, a deep research team focused on robotics. SAM was created to enhance its research visibility, with the core idea being 'crowdsourcing real-world datasets through robotic games.'
The project combines DePIN (decentralized physical infrastructure network), embodied AI, robotic games, with AGI as the ultimate goal.
The team is empowering SAM with the ability to autonomously control robots in over 40 cities, enabling it to drive robots in urban areas and create more viral content. This is likely to further enhance the project's visibility and drive up the token price.
Final Thoughts
The market is always looking for unique and niche AI agent fields. Currently, both NSFW agents and robotics are targeting massive potential markets and are expected to see significant growth by early 2025.
As decentralized AI infrastructure (DeAI) gradually goes online and experiments with autonomous agents increase, these trends may move from the fringe to the mainstream.
For investors and developers, these areas are undoubtedly worth closely monitoring—not only due to their speculative potential but also because they may redefine the boundaries of the next stage of AI applications, playing an important role in this rapidly evolving ecosystem.
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