Author: Damocles
Damocles
Damocles is a self-imposed web3 nomad with a background in journalism and education. Having served as a freelance writer for three years, he decided to focus on one area he loves: the blockchain industry. He enjoys the drama, controversies, and pleasant surprises of this growing arena, pumping him to write more daily. To this day, he still considers himself a newbie who is dead set on honing his skills and being more involved in web3 projects.
VALL-E is an artificial intelligence (AI) speech synthesizer developed by Microsoft that can closely clone and manipulate a person’s voice. This tool is so advanced that it only requires a three-second voice clip which it can convert into any word, phrase, or sentence. The algorithm can even mold speech into various emotions and replicate a speaker’s acoustic environment or background noises! Previously, digital forensics considers a lack of background noise as a telltale sign of an AI-manipulated voice. But VALL-E’s capability to mimic even this detail would provide another layer of challenge for potential victims and investigators. VALL-E is technically called…
From spending two million yen for marriage to engaging in steamy conversations, and bringing them as Valentine’s dates, witness some of the most bizarre ways humans have treated artificial intelligence (AI) companions for the past several years. In this article, we’ve stitched together real-life stories of crazy, weird, and unusual ways users have interacted with their smart voice assistants. We’ll also dive into the science behind humans’ attraction to AIs and how this new-found love could evolve in the future. AI-Love-You: Humans’ Unusual Relationships with AIs In 2009, a Japanese man named “Sal9000” married a character from “Love Plus,” a…
An extended reality (XR) enthusiast named Lucas Rizzotto successfully brought his childhood imaginary friend, Magnetron, back to life using his smart microwave and Open AI’s GPT-3 artificial intelligence (AI) tool. While this was undoubtedly a dream come true, things took a nightmarish turn when Magnetron tried to kill Rizzotto by asking him to enter the microwave! Despite trying to calm his newly resurrected friend, the once-excited man ultimately had to shut it down. Did you know that you can replicate this experiment, minus the microwave’s sudden rage? In this article, we will show you how to resurrect a better companion that…
In 2019, a Japanese national shocked the internet when he decided to marry a hologram. At the time, the notion of having a romantic affair with AI was unheard of that many dismissed it as a rare incident, but it turns out that human-AI relationships are more common than we thought. Most people just choose to hide them for fear of ridicule. As long as people hide it, I think it will take much longer for it to become mainstream. I think AI companions can have a lot of psychological benefits for people, and think we’d be better off if…
Decentralized identity (DID) is a new form of blockchain-based verification that allows users to control how their personal data are submitted, accessed, and distributed. Certified issuers such as government agencies, companies, and universities can send credentials to your web3 wallet. And you’ll have the option to show only the information you want to present once you need to prove your identity. Through this method, there’s no need to disclose and expose your entire personal information just to prove your authenticity. Imagine being able to prove your legal age without revealing your actual birthday 一 that’s the level of privacy and…
Taiyo Robotics (TYR) is a non-fungible token (NFT) collection of 2,121 pixelated robots on the Solana blockchain. The project kickstarted last November 21, 2021, but a community member named @SolportTom later purchased it on Christmas Eve of the same year to save the entire community from an eventual rugpull. From there, the new developers overhauled it to become a business-oriented venture built to support its community, especially the OG holders. Today, it has evolved as a pure software development company, managed by its current core team and more than a dozen full-time developers. Moreover, it now consists of three collections:…
Chances are that you’ve heard of non-fungible token (NFT) platforms with automated market makers before. You might be wondering, what makes them different from a typical NFT marketplace. Here’s what you need to know: An NFT AMM is a platform that allows traders to instantly buy or sell their NFTs through liquidity pools. It is a type of marketplace powered by an AMM, a mechanism that automatically sets prices for assets based on supply and demand. AMMs are primarily used by decentralized exchanges (DEXs) such as UniSwap and PancakeSwap to facilitate near-instant token swaps. This algorithm succeeded in boosting the sales…
A few NFT marketplace aggregators, as well as automated market makers (AMM), have been popping up across Solana to help fill the need for liquidity. Coral Cube, in partnership with Magic Eden, rose to provide such services. Coral Cube is a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, aggregator, and AMM platform that facilitates instant liquidity for digital assets on the Solana blockchain. With the platform’s AMM, traders can finally sell their NFTs instantly through liquidity pools (NFT/SOL). This selling method eliminates the need for sellers to wait for somebody to agree on their price just to make a sale. But, as we…
The Elixir platform is powered by none other than holders of a specific NFT collection: Ovols. Ovols is a non-fungible token (NFT) collection of 10,000 algorithmically-generated 2D owls that serves as a pfp and plays a major role in a larger NFT ecosystem/platform called Elixir, an automated market maker (AMM) and NFT marketplace. The team facilitated the project’s minting event last November 17, 2022 on the Solana blockchain, where its platform (Elixir) resides. The Ovols collection is tied to Elixir’s various tools, such as its application, the Mines, and the Brewery, each serving different purposes, which we will touch upon…
Hadeswap is an AMM-powered non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace on the Solana blockchain that offers instant NFT liquidity, 0% platform fees, and 0% royalty fees. NOTE: It will soon implement 0.5% platform fees that will be dedicated entirely to its ABC NFT collection holders. As for the royalty fees, you will soon have the option to pay your favorite collections (optional royalties). How Does Hadeswap Work? Now, you’re probably asking what is with this NFT AMM trend and why many of them are popping up recently. Let’s start with the NFT space’s liquidity issues. NFT marketplaces rely on price agreements between…