Looking at the blockchain + AI trend from Binance Labs’ sixth season incubation project
Original - Odaily
Author - Nan Zhi
In 2023, AI will become the latest technology explosion track, and it has begun to penetrate and even subvert the production methods of various industries. Recently,Binance Labs announces 12 incubation projects for Season 6, including three AI-based projects:
AI-based Web3 chatbot platform MyShell
AI-based Prompt-UGC platform NFPrompt
AI-based Web3 knowledge sharing and search platform QnA 3
Based on these three projects, Odaily will explore the current combination of blockchain and AI.
MyShell
Basic settings
Function: Voice robot creation communication platform. According to official documents, it includes functions such as casual chatting, practicing spoken English, playing games, and psychological consultation, including web version and Telegram version.
Features:
Customize unique voice styles and features: Integrated text-to-speech (TTS) technology allows the bot to imitate anyone’s speaking voice with just a few seconds of voice samples
Private large-scale language model (LLM) (not yet launched);
Sustainable encryption economic incentives to achieve a balance between robot creation and consumption(not yet launched)
Membership system: affecting the use of functions, robot creation, and reward systems
Token: $SHEL, total amount is one billion, unissued
Purpose: ①Upgrade subscription level, ②Paid tasks
Obtain: ①Complete paid tasks, ②Create robots and pay for use by users
summary
The main function of MyShell focuses on AI, and the application of blockchain technology is limited to token issuance. Although the points system of Web2 can be used to achieve similar effects, although the official has not announced more details, using tokens still brings certain advantages:
Free circulation: ERC 20 tokens are different from Web2 points and can be freely traded and priced.
Market pricing: Under the free pricing feature, the market’s overall pricing for the project can quickly converge.
Creator economy: conducive to creators’ monetization
NFPrompt
Basic settings
Function: Convert text to image (based on Midjourney or Stable Diffusion), generate NFT and trade on NFPrompt’s own trading market.
Features: According to the official documentation: “Prompt artists can fully express their imagination through convenient tools while providing verifiable ownership of their works.”
summary
Converting text to images is an important direction in the AI track, and products that implement this function have reached a certain scale (for example, at the beginning of this year, Binance launched the text-to-image and then to NFT product Bicasso). The main feature claimed by NFPrompt is to realize the confirmation of the rights of AI works. Confirmation of rights is a feasible way to answer What are the uses of NFT besides PFP?, but it needs to be based on a premise, that is, the workHave real needs for confirmation of rights。
Let’s go back to NFPrompt itself. Its document states that “our goal is to transfer ordinary Internet users to decentralized applications.” The document adds a lot of introductions and instructions for people with no experience in using it (such as the introduction of Gas fees, wallet funds transfer), Gas-free during the event to assist in traffic drainage and use, etc.
Generally speaking, the images generated by users using such products are mostly for personal use rather than for sale or other commercial purposes. They do not have deep Prompt skills, the yield rate may be relatively limited, and there is no extensive need for confirmation of rights.
In summary, for NFPrompt, the application of blockchain technology is currently its fundamental competitiveness, and whether it meets market needs remains to be verified.
QnA 3
Basic settings
Function: AI + DYOR = Ultimate Answer to Unlock Web3 Universe, an AI question and answer tool focusing on Web3
Ranking: popular voting questions, the top three supporters will get a lot of points;
News: Get hot issues in the market and their answers;
QA: Ask questions directly to the AI and get answers.
summary
Such projects face problems such as external technical pressure, fierce internal competition, and homogeneous output.
External technical pressure:ChatGPT can now browse the internet, provide the latest authoritative information with direct links to the source, and is no longer limited to data prior to September 2021. The competency in the QA module is expected to be no less than that of existing projects.
Fierce internal competition: Web3 search engine based on artificial intelligenceKaito, Web3 information AI assistantCLAB.AI, Web3 AI assistantChainGPT(including text to image, news flash modules), all provide the same functions.
Homogenization of output:
Use the same questions for each product:
Question 1: Why is DWF Labs being squeezed out by other market makers?
QnA 3: The community has doubts about the magnitude of DWF Labs’ transactions; DWF Labs’ large-scale transfers in and out to exchanges have raised questions about manipulation;
CLAB.AI: ①DWF Labs has been involved in controversial transactions, including allegations of market manipulation and unauthorized withdrawals; ②DWF Labs has been competing fiercely with other market makers such as GSR; ③The controversy and suspicious activities surrounding DWF Labs have weakened other Trust among market makers.
CLAB.AIs answer in question 1 is a little more comprehensive, but both mention the transfer in and out of DWF Labs that had a huge impact on the market.
Question 2: What is “Intent-Centric” proposed by Paradigm?
QnA 3: The Intent-Centric concept proposed by Paradigm is a method of building an infrastructure layer in blockchain technology... It aims to enable privacy-preserving applications and improve user experience by shifting from an imperative paradigm to a declarative paradigm. . This means that users do not have to specify every parameter in a transaction….
CLAB: Intent-centricity proposed by Paradigm is a paradigm shift towards intent-based architecture in blockchain systems. It goes beyond technological advancement to focus on user intent…a philosophical change designed to enhance user experience and engagement….
In question 2, both mentioned architectural paradigm shifts, but QnA 3 had a further and more accurate explanation of the question, while CLABs accuracy was relatively poor.
In summary, it can be seen that the main uses of such products are to explain concepts, track hot information, and organize continuous events. They have certain capabilities.Reference value. In addition, the above are all off-chain data.The rich data on the chain is more worthy of AI discovery and tracking.。
Summarize
The above three projects demonstrate three blockchain + AI approaches: ① Establishing a token creation economic system, ② Combining the unique attributes and functions of blockchain as a point of differentiation and competition, ③ Taking blockchain needs as service objects.
It can be seen that the currentThe main direction is blockchain empowerment, not disruptive changes from AI。
In addition, these three projects also show another characteristic: weakening or hiding blockchain operations. For example, all three projects have set up Web2 login methods and generated managed wallets, and set up limited-time Gas-free import for users outside the circle. visible,Blockchain is the icing on the cake for AI, and the mutual transformation path between the two still needs to be explored.
