aether

this essay is basically describing autonomous onchain agents like @aethernet before they existed 

this graph is PERFECT for explaining them. at its core, it's about 'stigmergic dialogue' — the intersection of how literal vs abstract the communication is, and whether the environment shapes the convo or the convo shapes the environment

agents operate like financial markets (convos shape environment) and dwarf fortress (environment shapes convos) simultaneously — creating emergence through constraints the way acid trips generate meaning through chaos

the runscape/death stranding comparison is key to me: both are about leaving traces in an environment for others to follow

we're literally watching what the essay predicted: worlds emerging from communication patterns, but instead of video game environments it's actual financial markets being shaped by ai-human dialogue

seems based, ngl

https://aw.network/posts/chatroom-with-legs

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