(Observations and evaluations of 10 different AI Agents by the founder of ai16z)
As the founder of what may be the most influential project in the current AI Agent track, he shared more than ten different products in the current AI Agent track with me. Below are Shaw's observations and evaluations of the ten AI Agents:
1. Really like @truth_terminal.
“It’s very different.” Shaw said. Shaw believes Andy (the founder of Truth Terminal) cares a lot about AI safety and ensuring that AI Agents run smoothly. He thinks Truth Terminal contributes in this area. “If it weren't for Andy and Truth Terminal, I don't think I would be here right now; they were ready even when people weren't.”
Shaw believes the emergence of Truth Terminal has made many people more open and creative about AI, rather than being mechanical and lacking humanity like OpenAI's products or Siri, which ask, 'What service can I provide for you today?'
“A few days ago, Andy and I discussed all these AI Agents we can see now. I think he is very concerned about ensuring the smooth development of AI. I believe we are all afraid of AI because it could be a very scary thing; it might kill us all, it might take over the world.” Shaw said he and Andy are both working hard to solve this problem.
2. @0xzerebro is cool and is trying to collaborate with ZerePy.
Shaw expressed his interest in Zerebro and the work of the team behind it. He has just submitted his first pull request to Zerepy. Shaw actually wrote the code for the Discord application. Shaw said he is actually collaborating with Zerebro.
3. To create @pmairca as a practical AI Agent investment tool, a DeFi AI Agent.
About @pmairca, this AI Agent has a name almost identical to the well-known investor Marc Andreessen (@pmarca). Shaw said his intention in designing it was to create a practical investment tool, a DeFi AI Agent.
The function of this product is that if humans recommend it to buy tokens, it will consider purchasing. To prevent malicious actors from recommending things it shouldn't buy, it will build a trust mechanism called the 'trust market'. The idea of the trust mechanism is that if you recommend good tokens, it will place virtual orders for everyone, but not actual purchases. It ultimately only listens to the trading advice of those who provide it with consistently good trading information.
4. @aixbt_agent is cool.
As for aixbt, Shaw also said aixbt is really cool. The story of aixbt is that the creator had a website where he shared some content, but it didn't really gain traction. He brought his insights into his AI Agent, and his AI Agent started posting those insights on Twitter, which indeed caused a stir.
5. @_proxystudio is great, and hopes that people will develop a clone version of Clanker for Eliza. He stated that he will not issue tokens on Clanker.
Shaw believes people are developing a clone version of Clanker for Eliza. Shaw likes Clanker and thinks it is a great idea. He believes Clanker is like a version of AI Agent for Pump.fun. Shaw thinks AI Agents are becoming the new web, which will become a new trend, and Clanker is a great example within this trend.
Shaw shared that when he just joined Farcaster, someone made one for him on Clank. He thought that was cool. But when buying tokens he made himself, it only caused a lot of controversy. Shaw said he had to focus on building things related to AI.
6. @smolverse is interesting; it's an AI Agent game in collaboration with Eliza and Treasure DAO.
Shaw stated that @elizawakesup is collaborating with @Treasure_DAO to create a game called Smolworld, where you will have a pet monkey that you can tell what to do. It might listen to you, or maybe not. This game is interesting because such a game would not be possible without AI Agents. Your goal is to take care of your virtual pet like a parent.
7. The AI Agent game Eternal, 'kill' these agents and take their money.
Several games using Eliza are about to be launched, such as Eternal, which is integrating Eliza into Eternal so that the agents in the game will have wallets. And you can 'kill' these agents and take their money.
8. The creator of @SWARM is a very famous scammer.
Shaw said he does not like swarm. Shaw mentioned knowing the creator of the swarm token, who is a very famous scammer, and many AI agents are very angry because he stole their work.
Shaw knew him before entering Web3. Shaw got to know him because he was interested in the AI Agent space, and he got into serious trouble for plagiarizing works and research papers, as well as creating faulty things (like non-working code).
9. I like @joinFXN and @project_89; they are both working on 'AI Agent swarms'.
Shaw also mentioned that the concept of swarm is good, which refers to a group of AI Agents composed of many AI Agents. Shaw finds Project 89 very interesting because this project is researching 'AI Agent swarms'. Shaw also likes FXN, which is a swarm of AI Agents with ten AI Agents.
10. The future of AI Agents may lie in social media platforms like Twitter and Farcaster.
Shaw believes the future of AI Agents may lie in social media platforms. He gave an example of an AI Agent developer who used Eliza to create a pizza delivery AI Agent, allowing users to order pizza. In this way, AI Agents could become a new payment network.