النظام Epistemology

النظام Epistemology

ال network society is under attack.

What is a network, و ليه does it matter — من ال point من view من ال attackers first. By knowing ازاي they see it, و knowing ازاي we all know what we know, we can get الى ال heart من what’s really going على here.

Do you have integrity? Are you sure? ازاي do you even know? و ازاي do you go about verifying ال integrity من ال networks you belong الى, co-operate, or co-own?

These are ال اسئلة we have في common. Attackers و beneficiaries من networks alike.

مع web3, these اسئلة take على a جديد significance. We are incentivized الى DYOR, و risk losing more than our status, reputation, و bags if we don’t take this epistemological exercise into our own hands.

Epistemology is ال study من knowledge, including its nature, sources, و limitations.

It asks اسئلة like:

What does it mean الى know something or someone?

ازاي well do you really know them?

What happened between you الى give you that knowing?

Can we ever trust each other enough الى trade money, power, influence, culture, و all ال other things that make us enjoy or dread who we are?

Again, و again, it asks: ازاي do we know?

At ال beginning من Daft Punk’s track, “ال Grid”, Jeff Bridges’ character Kevin Flynn describes ازاي he sees ال circuit boards, microchips, transistors, و electrons that make up ال network: “ال Grid. A ديجيتال frontier. I tried الى picture clusters من information as they moved through ال computer. What did they look like? Ships, motorcycles? Were ال circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming من a world I thought I’d never see. و then, one day… I got في.”

We relish ال description لـ more than ال poetry و nostalgia من it. But also, that description lacks something. ال network is ال people who make it, experience life through it, و benefit من everything it offers.

Attackers من ال network society might see more من ال threat promised. A fast spreading global undercurrent, shortening ال distance لـ mass hallucinations و disinformation. Fair enough.

But suspicion من other participants في a network, its attackers included, is ال easy part. Let’s go deeper.

If you know what you want, و ازاي الى ask well structured اسئلة, ذكاء اصطناعي promises الى ease most من ال fears brought على by ال network society و its detractors.

As a synthetic sculptor or chatslinger, you know من direct experience ازاي Stable Diffusion و ChatGPT add value الى ال work you do, و help refine through each iteration ال clarity من ideas و messages contained within.

ChatGPT, like similar conversational LLM interfaces في ال early 2023 batch, let you as a creator target your own niche في ال mass unbundling من ال فاشون industry, و every ابداعي industry, by giving you more than a co-author or slot machine text generator. Like a one على one tutor و sparring partner, you get as good as you give, developing your skill at structuring input requests growing مع each session. You can do more than rapidly scale up your writing output quantity, alone. Unlike earlier ذكاء اصطناعي text generators, it’s much more than a party trick gimmick. ال quality من your writing is refined through repeat conversations و ال lessons you learn في ازاي exactly it likes الى be asked الى produce ال co-authored outputs you’re looking لـ.

Beyond better writing, communications design, content marketing, market research, SEO, سوشيال media strategy, و even ideas لـ your next design… it’s all ready لـ you الى take as far as you will.

Design is more direct. Stable Diffusion continues الى grow your capacity as a creator من every kind من art style, apparel design, or complex interactive media scene you can imagine, مع each جديد fine-tuned model و extension released (like ال shockingly powerful ControlNet) adding الى its already worlds و markets transforming toolkit.

بس مش كل الأخبار حلوة اليومين دول، صح؟

ال tendency towards mass hallucination rises من each prompt.

Visually, it’s not so much من a problem yet.

Deepfakes were expected الى be ال main use من more advanced image و video generators. We have been warned لـ years. Instead, ال bulk من visually ابداعي ذكاء اصطناعي is (predictably, في hindsight) used لـ serious attempts at design من all kinds, storyboarding, early attempts at film editing و animation, endlessly جديد models لـ subtle variations على anime waifus, pushing جديد و replica styles من art (مع ال usual debates about what art is)… We’re all generally too busy playing مع ال جديد abilities we’ve gained الى worry too seriously or الى be too prudish about ال ways some might abuse their power الى draw out their imagination في ال shadows. Turns out it’s no worse than what they could already do مع graphics tablets, Photoshop, or ink و paper.

Hardware constraints have a lot الى do مع ليه we misjudged ال ratio between ابداعي liberation و deprivation. When API access, local machines, و cloud GPU hours مع enough VRAM are so expensive, who has time الى waste على fake stories that fail الى entice or drive interest? Like ال lessons من founding your own startup, you learn quickly في practice that it takes a lot more effort الى get someone الى listen الى your idea than it’s ever worth erecting barriers الى “protect” them من being “stolen”. Generative content is ال same.

ال world is voracious لـ good stories. That’s where ال work, ال art, و ال bulk من your time goes. So, keep at it.

It’s في ال text itself, ال authoritative sounding claims في conversational research, و ال اسئلة we’re uncannily nudged الى ask again و again — ازاي do we know what we know? — that ال risks من ال rapid spread من half-false fever memes و cultish beliefs are immediately obvious. At least, it is الى anyone who spends more than a few minutes learning الى get useful outputs من ChatGPT, Sydney, و ال like.

What we need الى combat ذكاء اصطناعي generated mass hallucinations is more speech, more expression, better stories, not less.

What we need, it feels obvious الى say, is decentralization. Not just من creativity و ال tools we use الى power it. We need الى ditch ال old centralized mediums من ابداعي exchange, و replace all content distribution channels مع decentralized سوشيال media.

Mobile. Personal. Co-Operated. User owned. مع ابداعي ذكاء اصطناعي embedded directly into ال base metal at ال interface و API level.

Built من ال ground up مع modularity في mind, لينز بروتوكول has become ال leading بروتوكول لـ ال development من decentralized سوشيال media apps و platforms. Its web3 سوشيال graph lets developers, و by extension ابداعي users من all kinds, navigate ال connections و communications between us as if we actually own a stake في such a substantial part من our lives.

A user-owned, open سوشيال graph that anyone can plug into is at your finger tips.

It was designed الى solve major issues في existing سوشيال media networks, where user profiles, friends, و published content were previously locked الى ال siloed networks which had hijacked enough scale الى hold users في fear من losing ال years من memories و connections we’ve generated, و thought were actually ours all along.

We have been trapped by ad targeting alogorithms في a zero-sum battle لـ attention. I lose, you lose, ال thin skinned network barons win.

Now, we have a real choice. مع لينز, since we own our data as users — و can choose or build في ال open market all ال tools we could ever need الى navigate access — we can bring our سوشيال lives الى any application built على top من لينز بروتوكول, or bridge it الى other networks that emerge على Ethereum, L2s و beyond. If we don’t like ال direction ال base infrastructure or النظام are taking, we are free الى fork any من it و choose our own path الى adventure.

مع it, we can counter ال spread من ذكاء اصطناعي induced mass hallucination by producing more content ourselves.

Meanwhile, legacy Big Tech platforms are shedding employees through rounds من massive layoffs at a record rate. It’s ال mass decay من their central premise which their network architectures were built على.

It’s a good time لـ a reminder here لـ ال entire tech industry, web3 included, من ال way William Gibson described one من our founding ideas:

“ال future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed.”

ال most trashbin fire lesson في ازاي we know what we know about ال unbundled future is unfolding في front من us, و there is so much more الى be done than bring popcorn الى watch ال spectacle. It shows us again ليه top down control من base level communication infrastructure is not ok. It is playing out في real time, على screens carried في every pocket throughout ال net connected world.

Since Elon took over rulership من “ال world’s town square”, erratic behavior و edgelord troll decision making are ال جديد normal. Technical “glitches” have included users not being able الى بوست tweets, send messages, follow جديد accounts, و too many others الى count. Third party apps have been cut off من API access, جديد project rollout has been chaotic at best, و while raising ال banner من free speech it’s become clear what that means الى Musk is bringing back previously banned accounts لـ QAnon supporters, neo-nazis, و racists while firing, trolling, و suspending ال accounts من many who have been critical, both inside ال remaining Twitter workforce و في ال media, من his overlordship’s glaring missteps.

Twitter’s days are numbered. و along مع it, ال same is true at a different rate و لـ not quite as obviously extreme reasons, لـ ال whole range من web2 legacy سوشيال media networks.

طيب إيه اللي جاي؟

إحنا بنبني.

More specific الى ال DIGITALAX النظام, ال Dial builds على لينز as an open source app layer لـ decentralized سوشيال media مع a Stable Diffusion canvas integrated directly into ال interface. At launch, users will be able الى discover, synth, collect, و react الى جديد content, without worry that Elon or other erratic platform barons will suddenly pull ال plug على your memories, connections, access, or ability الى create.

Shortening ال distance between media و retail consumption, indie ابداعي production, و decentralized commerce. That’s what drives this النظام.

مع ال Dial, translating your style و skills into public و private messages that hit better — مع special attention الى your enhanced ability الى design لـ جديد فاشون lines as vectors لـ cultural diffusion و status appeal — becomes as uncomplicated as anything you’ve ever done, or wish you hadn’t said, على archaic networks.

ال simplicity من ال all-في-one web3 فاشون محرر & AOP synth templates available at ال click من a button within ال integrated canvas deserves particular attention. Synth artists, فاشون designers و otherwise, can directly combine open source diffusion models مع AOP print-على-demand templating systems لـ direct ديجيتال الى physical production, مع zero upfront inventory cost. Once welcomed into ال beta, all you need is a لينز بروفايل و a Stable Diffusion API key.

و it’s all embedded seamlessly into ال decentralized سوشيال media messaging flow.

It’s one more step, chipping away at ال greatest challenge we continue الى face as an industry.

“Nobody has made Web3 relevant or accessible لـ ال masses, or really spent ال time trying الى understand ازاي it solves ‘mass’ market problems or improves consumers’ lives,”

https://decrypt.co/121597/dont-call-it-crypto-ازاي-some-blockchain-و-nft-projects-are-rebranding

It would help الى have a more widespread consensus على what NFTs are, ازاي they are useful, و what roles they play في ال broader contexts they interoperate مع.

It’s useful الى simplify و analogize الى structural concepts “ال masses” are already intimately familiar مع. Consumer و creator, alike.

A recent conversation مع ChatGPT — which you can roughly reproduce by asking it endless اسئلة about cultural assets, machine parts, software based machines, capital goods, comercial goods, commodities, و reasoning من there — gives a more satisfying analogy.

NFTs are decentralized software based machine parts, often مع significant cultural value. لـ newly emergent net native cultures, communities, و meta-societies they serve essential roles as rallying points و as part من a wide variety من signals relays. They can have as much value, utility, و significance as more commonly recognized cultural assets, like religious icons, ideological samizdat, ancient scrolls, rare artifacts, or archeological hieroglyphs. Often more, even if still nascent, because من their inherent programmability و decentralization reinforcing factors. الى ال pre-ديجيتال portion من ال masses, it’s not obvious yet. لـ those من us who have lived most or all من our lives مع ديجيتال interactivity as ال base layer, it’s hard الى miss.

من reliably representing, و simultaneously embodying في spirit و على-chain encoded fact, NFTs replace ال role played previously by receipts, stamps, SKUs, supply chain tracking identifiers, في game assets, canvas لـ art, ديجيتال و physical aspects من فاشون الى ال point where ال lines between them blur, و an as yet unenumerated list beyond them which we’ve barely begun الى unfold.

في ال النظام, ال Genesis NFTs serve an extra role as ال inagural proof و statement من alignment مع ال underlying mission الى transform ال entire فاشون industry through unbundling it, segment by segment و layer by layer. There will never be another first من their kind, at ال exact dawn من web3 فاشون.

Unless you believe ال time machines a few people we’ve known في SF & Silcon Valley think they are working على will ever pan out. (Wish that was more من a joke than it is.)

Returning من timely lols الى arguably ال most tangible technology في human history, as much as any من ال more common candidates, it’s فاشون that makes ال economy grow. Status appeal, cultural statement, في-group affiliation, protection من ال elements, ازاي we carry our most personal keepsakes و tools, و more than anything, ازاي فاشون production techniques و machinery have challenged technology الى evolve… it’s shaped ازاي we relate الى each other, survive, و move forward since our earliest days من being human. Depending على where you draw ال line, فاشون related technologies are even far older than our species. Stone, wood, or bone tools لـ ال treatment من fabrics, sturdy leaf rope contraptions, و animal skins are ال original loot. They have been found مع ال remains من our ancient pre-human ancestors fossilized records, whoever they were.

Yet, beyond branding و content marketing, فاشون NFTs are still poorly understood by ال pre-ديجيتال masses. Even في web3, it’s “early still”. There’s a lot الى be said لـ ال point من view that it will change drastically, و almost all at once seeming, as ال web3 narrative shifts more actively من speculation و exhuberance الى ال every day nuts و bolts من manufacturing و commerce. DIGITALAX has pioneered ال engineering, المجتمع, و content dev needed الى make sense من this جديد terrain since day 1 من ال web3 فاشون industry. ال فاشون NFTs released through ال النظام so far are as much a testament الى that history — a persistent record في ال public memory — as they are a guidepost في ال جديد و thoroughly decentralized lands الى come.

في a subset من more general فاشون و game asset NFTs, ال Look NFT collection started as an experiment, inspired by ال Loot project, في على-chain composable building blocks. They are meant الى distill down الى ال bare essentials what it means الى be a web3 فاشون NFT. و, behold, text based scenes can now take على جديد meaning في a decentralized سوشيال media synth canvas mediated metascape. What will ال near future bring لـ Look holders discovering token gated drops or easter eggs while enmeshed في ال process من storyboard generation, sourced من their Look book ثريد lists, في ال Dial و other sections من ال النظام?

As ال barriers الى mass consumption من media assets give way الى ال mass generation من indie content لـ فاشون design, commercial marketing, و storytelling في every format, ال transformation من interactive decentralized assets لـ game production و QA lags a bit في ال old top down content control, AAA industry overall. PODE is one من ال earliest efforts في this النظام الى develop a unique key الى participation و early access في a continuously evolving protoverse من experiences. As ال Dial beta nears release, PODE holders gain جديد ways الى unlock limited synth collection drops و access الى token gated لينز collection exclusives. جديد QA pop up quests لـ decentralized APIs و GPU credit bonuses feature prominently في ال بوست-Dial roadmap.

و what about non-NFT tokens?

(Sidenote: Are linguistic flourishes like that signs that a human is في ال co-authorship loop, a shibboleth لـ ال ذكاء اصطناعي age, or would ChatGPT actually be more likely الى suggest content that technically translates الى “non-non” + “like-لـ-like” + “token-tokens”? Might want الى feed that into your nearest prompt input box.)

مع جديد tools لـ creation, collection, production, و use, ال ways we can streamline storefront activity are also changing. Decentralized commerce is more responsive, flexible, و byte-sized — available على a pocket sized screen, via wall projections, في virtual worlds, or IRL posters و galleries riddled مع QR codes, breadcumbing creators و consumers alike الى more satisfying finds. DECO serves as a dedicated token لـ curatorial activity في this النظام.

As ال picture becomes clear, من tools given shape في software و through على-demand, up front inventory-less fulfillment لـ indie creators, another set من اسئلة start الى rise. ازاي can creators operate such a vast variety من synth machines في a more consistent, standardized, decentralized و open source set من interface layers?

Generative ذكاء اصطناعي models may be open source و widely available now, but ال infrastructure needed الى run them is far من it. Any sufficiently advanced technology لـ ultra low latentcy, persistent connectivity at any distance worth ال name “ال Metaverse” will guzzle far more hardware و bandwidth besides.

It’s hard الى imagine ازاي much good can be done مع ذكاء اصطناعي, مع all-في-one ابداعي editors, و مع ال continuing miniaturization من circuits, chips, و machine parts. ال unbundling من ال فاشون industry, و ال spillover من benefits الى every other industry beyond it, will stall out without universal access الى simple machine operation interfaces that are decentralized من ال start الى ensure their persistent integrity, و all من ours. It’s a key part من a comprehensive defense against economic censorship.

W3F is a dedicated virtual interface token لـ operation من ال على-demand فاشون synth economy.

الى bring it all together, MONA remains ال all-في-one dedicated النظام token لـ web3 فاشون و ال unbundling من فاشون as a whole. As we continue الى build على NFT marketplace contracts, extend functionality into decentralized سوشيال media through ال Dial, provide جديد storefront interfaces لـ creators في virtual, IRL, و latent spaces, و go forward into more open architectures لـ microfactory co-op development, مع all ال decentralized APIs لـ ذكاء اصطناعي synth compute you need, MONA serves a crucial role لـ every part من ال النظام.

ال simplest من them all might be ال signal it carries — ال فاشون statement it makes as a net native cultural asset that is simultaneously rare و one من many. It says: “ال world as it’s been is wondrous, fantastical, و also unacceptable.”

Entire industries, markets, و societies are desperate لـ more reliably persistent methods الى regain their integrity. Climates demand sustainability. Consumers demand ابداعي choice, و ال ability الى design, manufacture, collect, و trade any و all من it, ourselves. We can have it all, but only if we ask better epistemological اسئلة.

Or, في short: “ازاي do you know you need decentralizaton, و all ال dedicated machine parts needed لـ it الى work, until you do?”

Stay Up الى تاريخ مع Web3 فاشون:

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