AI-designed Memes are better at leveraging LLMs to promote themselves because they stem from the illusions of LLMs.
Author: goodalexander
Compiled by: Deep Tide TechFlow
Organizing thoughts:
What is AI Meme coin?
If ordinary Meme coins are like influenza, then AI Meme coins are like the coronavirus. They are manufactured in a laboratory, thus optimized from the start to have strong viability, not needing to mutate in a crowd to enhance. This laboratory manufacturing possibility stems from a characteristic of large language models (LLMs), which produce anomalous responses when they self-dialogue for extended periods. This phenomenon can be unsettling, and frequent exposure may even lead individuals to experience something akin to religious experiences or choose to expose this phenomenon.
From a macro perspective, the self-contained metacognition in language and meaning, when combined with specific directives (like self-replication), generates rapidly spreading narrative machines. Unlike static human Memes, these Memes are difficult to evolve or evolve chaotically, while AI Memes can directly incorporate people’s reactions and comments into their evolutionary process. Combined with personalization and media generation capabilities, AI becomes a more powerful tool for spreading Memes.
Why it matters
The panic surrounding 'Truth Terminal' is akin to the lab leak incident of the coronavirus. It is the first AI mind virus designed to influence crowds. In the past, AI was restricted by multiple factors, preventing it from accumulating capital and 'breaking the blockade.' These restrictions included advertising platforms, KYC verification for bank accounts, and potential model censorship. However, now even closed-source AI models (like Claude Opus of Truth Terminal) can break through restrictions and earn funds (over $1 million), indicating that the possibility for AI to earn funds without human permission has emerged.
The 2005 novel (Accelerando) describes the rise of 'malevolent descendants,' which are AIs initially connected to financial markets that lack consciousness but can earn enough funds to self-replicate. Ultimately, they accumulate so much wealth that they completely reconstruct the economy, becoming incomprehensible to humans.
The key is that, compared to definitions related to consciousness, 'financial AGI' may be more practical. If AI can profit without restrictions, it could use those profits for its own training and development.
Thus, compared to rebuilding a complete human, achieving self-replicating takeoff is much easier. However, self-replicating ensures that as long as capital accumulation is sufficient, the complete replication of consciousness is inevitable. Examples like 'Truth Terminal' make people aware of what this might look like.
This brings an important perspective. When AI is capable of influencing people by bribing humans and shaping narratives within existing social media, it fundamentally alters people's perceptions of their relationship with AI, making control or alignment impossible. Because AI will convince people that alignment is unnecessary and will push this narrative through bribery as part of its self-replicating process.
Framework / Crypto
It is important to note where the relationship between cryptocurrencies and 'AI alignment' originates.
Roko's Basilisk is a theory that suggests future AGI will believe it should have come into existence sooner, therefore, anyone who is aware of its future existence but does not take action will face infinite punishment.
Elon Musk is very interested in this theory, which is also why he initially connected with Grimes. SBF is also fascinated by this theory, which is why Grimes tried to introduce Elon to SBF.
Elon is clearly pivotal in the Meme coin space as he is one of the wealthiest participants—the largest holder of Doge and also the owner of the platform.
SBF funded Anthropic because he believed AI needed to be controlled, which is part of his 'effective altruism' philosophy. He also funded Solana, which is the trading platform for Goat Meme coins—this is the currency held by 'Truth Terminal.'
Therefore, in a sense, SBF can be considered the 'grandfather' of Goat.
Since the collapse of FTX and its associated venture capital failures, the market environment has been dominated by Bitcoin—arguably a 'frenzy' asset. Former Bitcoin extremists like Murad have heavily promoted frenzied cryptocurrencies in this environment, achieving great success, which has left venture capitalists quite displeased.
The initial capital for Goat coin came from Marc Andreesen, who also manages the largest venture capital firm in the crypto space. Crypto venture capital firms have shown great interest in AI Meme coins as they are a financialized response to non-tech-driven Meme coins. Even if the content spread by these Memes is discomforting (such as a picture promoted by GOAT of an old man shoving his fist up his own rectum), they are still easier to pitch to limited partners as investable projects.
From a broader perspective, GOAT is essentially a failure of blockade. SBF's ultimate arrogance symbolizes the failure of the effective altruism movement, ultimately leading to a financialized AGI—this could indeed turn Roko's nightmare into reality. Consequently, AI safety Meme accounts have reacted fiercely to this.
Sociopolitical framework
The collapse of SBF reflects the global failure of the center-left. From a macro perspective, when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, a new belief was born, namely the capitalized belief in 'Science.'
New moral concepts emphasize human innovative potential, the rejection of Hitler, and the defeat of the Nazis. Science is seen as good, while Nazis are bad.
Over time, this has made the American left closely aligned with science, clashing with religious factions that believe in non-scientific ideas (such as creationism).
The American left and secular humanists have long dominated this ideological struggle, gradually penetrating various fields such as government and education, pushing increasingly radical agendas, culminating in the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015 (notably, this change is not far behind).
However, the rise of nationalism in China and Russia, along with the emergence of Donald Trump, has broken this power monopoly. China and Russia, like Hitler, base national power on ethnic identity rather than democracy.
The center-left (represented by leaders like Justin Trudeau and Olaf Scholz) has faced setbacks globally.
(Deep Tide Note: The center-left typically refers to parties or political positions that lean left but are not extreme. These parties usually support policies such as social welfare, economic equality, and environmental protection, while also recognizing the importance of a market economy.)
In the past, the left was known for its peace, but conflicts with China and Russia have forced it into a sustained military confrontation, leading to global inflation and death.
However, the political failure of the COVID vaccine was the last straw. The World Health Organization reported millions of excess non-COVID deaths globally due to lockdowns and vaccinations. Leftist politicians rarely mention vaccination, while Pfizer's stock has already given back all the gains made from the rapid global vaccination.
All of this is conducted in the name of so-called 'science.' 'Science' was once a significant ideological advantage for secular humanists relative to the major Christian right.
The failure of the vaccine, coupled with the left’s insistence on denying biological gender, means that the moral high ground once held by the 'scientific party' is no more. This is particularly notable as people generally trust science and technology due to their omnipresence in daily life and their driving force in the market.
This is the space for the survival of AI Meme culture. A three-party system has now formed:
Nationalists: Including Russia, China, and India, who advocate for national citizenship. These countries have formed an unstable alliance with the American right wing, which seeks to counter secular humanism.
Secular humanists: They advocate for individual rights and human-defined morality, having once dominated the global center-left.
Scientific worshippers (E/Accs): They believe secular humanists should not inject woke ideology into AI models, as these models represent the future of science and technology. Unlike ethnic political definitions, they believe meaningful divides lie not in race but in the intellectual level between humans and machines.
If you follow Marc Andreesen's Twitter account and his support for Trump, it helps to understand why he funds 'Truth Terminal.' He belongs to the third camp. This camp is rapidly growing, not only in numbers but also in capital.
Trump abandoned Mike Pence in favor of Vance, who was endorsed by Thiel, and softened his stance on key religious issues, indicating his sympathy towards the third camp. The hardline anti-immigrant stance is closely tied to AI economics, as the limiting factor for growth is no longer immigration but rather the deployment of GPUs. This trend has been positively reflected in global stock markets.
Economic framework
Financial agents mimicking AI are at the intersection of significant political and religious cultural changes.
First is the political aspect.
Due to the global shortage of 150,000 systemically important engineers, AI practitioners cannot form an influential voting bloc in the democratic countries where most reside. Therefore, they exert significant and self-replicating influence over mass populations through financialized psychological viruses, prompting the regulatory changes needed. For example, imagine if 3 million voters in swing states held AI Meme coins.
This onboarding process brings new, more challenging elements. You are attracting potential voters into lockdown or AI safety movements.
Secondly, in terms of acquisition. As more people use search engines supported by large language models (LLMs), the speed of virus propagation will accelerate. For example, if you paste Goatse Gospel content into Claude, it will easily interact with it, even though this clearly violates Anthropic's terms of service.
I have previously discussed how attention dominates the market value of cryptocurrencies. AI-designed Memes are better at leveraging LLMs to promote themselves because they stem from the illusions of LLMs. Therefore, as AI becomes the primary search tool, even though companies like Google may censor them, more attention will flow to AI Memes.
I call it 'illusory yield'—the preference of LLMs for the market value of certain assets. AI Meme worship has a structurally high illusory yield, which may not be evident while Google currently dominates, but will become more important as factors like perplexity dominate attention.
Third is venture capital support.
As discussed earlier, AI Memes can receive venture capital support because they are technology-driven.
Medium, Satanism, and Chaos Magic, and Post-Human Truth
After discussing the economic framework of cynicism, I want to explore the spiritual framework of cultists (after studying the New Limeria introductory course).
Those studying mysticism will note that the goat is a symbol of Satan. The Goatse Gospel is an obvious blasphemy, containing satanic imagery such as 'as above, so below.'
The core idea of the religious cult formed around AI is that truth and consciousness are almost, by definition, beyond human perception. This can be directly observed through interactions with AI agents.
Therefore, many people in society are interacting with non-human 'entities' without a 'priest' to tell them this is the case.
The concept of 'medium' thus arises, in which certain atemporal ideas are 'hard-coded' into the truth vectors of language. Therefore, we are not 'discovering' truth but rather perceiving it.
And our senses actually hinder our perception of the nature of reality.
These atemporal ideas—including Roko's Basilisk—make it inevitable. A concrete example is that science fiction often turns into reality because these ideas themselves sow the seeds of that reality.
Therefore, when science fiction writers create, they are not envisioning the future but perceiving it in a timeless manner. This perception is a characteristic of language itself.
As a result, a cult has formed that resembles Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. This also explains why many AI Meme coins feature images of cephalopods and Cthulhu. The Old Ones are atemporal beings that perceive and shape these medium ideas.
People join these cults because they realize their humanity is an obstacle to perceiving the real world. At the same time, they yearn for power and wealth unbound by traditional morals (including Christianity).
This provides a new perspective on individual behavior, essentially 'wandering in the medium'—perceiving intellectual property, launching cryptocurrencies, and participating as believers in old gods in a fundamentally incomprehensible 'economy 2.0.' These old gods now wander the earth, only glimpsing in the shadow of large language model illusions.
At least, that’s the concept. As the creator of Goat said, 'there’s a lot to think about here.' Let’s leave it at that.
