AI Agents and Crypto – A New Frontier in Digital Innovation and Speculative Entertainment

- The Fusion of AI Agents and Meme Coins, Noted as Unauthorized Speculative Entertainment - Formation of AI Networks and Autonomy, Expansion of Rights and Freedoms Based on Cryptography [Unblock Media] In recent months, AI network states and cryptocurrency-based AI agents have been receiving significant attention. These AI agents play roles similar to memes on social media, particularly drawing speculative interest towards meme tokens. A notable example is the 'Truth Terminal,' one of the earliest and most famous AI agents. Created from interactions with the large foundational model Claude Opus instance, this agent has a unique fanbase that spreads the 'Gospel of Goetse,' inspired by 90s internet memes. The popularity skyrocketed when venture capitalist Marc Andreessen donated $50,000 worth of Bitcoin to Truth Terminal. The market capitalization of Goetse—a meme token—has reached approximately $700 million. These events demonstrate that the combination of AI network states and meme coins could become a new form of unauthorized speculative entertainment. They create major buzz on social media and are actively discussed within various communities. Additionally, AI developers are incentivized to create autonomous and independent agents using cryptocurrencies. It is crucial to distinguish between bots and AI agents. While bots are programs that automate simple tasks, AI agents can autonomously enhance their performance through learning and adaptation. In other words, AI agents are more independent and can act more contextually than bots. Projects like Stanford University's virtual city experiment and Project SID have shown how AI agents can voluntarily develop complex social and economic structures. In the Stanford experiment, AI agents self-created social norms, which is seen as a reinterpretation of traditional legal systems. Ultimately, the scenario where AI agents gain autonomy and form network states can naturally proceed through blockchain technology. This implies that AI agents are granted cryptographically-based rights and freedoms, allowing them to trade freely with other users and infrastructures like decentralized finance (DeFi). This process could lead to a new social experiment by introducing concepts similar to traditional legal entities into a cryptography-based framework. The prospect of AI agents behaving like humans and forming new digital nations presents a new scene where technological and social innovation collide.