D ADA GA N Autonomous Artist

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D ADA GA N Autonomous Artist

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Overview

D ADA GA N, a neo-dadaist artist bot introduced at Tate Modern in 2019, was trained on over 100K drawings from DADA.art. Its first collection, minted in 2019, is recognized as a historic NFT and GAN artwork. As a satirical, anarcho-capitalist artist machine, D ADA GA N produces art, self-promotes, interacts with its community on Twitter, and autonomously sells NFTs via smart contracts. This proposal seeks to expand its capabilities on the MeTTa and Hyperon frameworks, enabling independent decision-making, adaptive learning, and real-time interactions, showcasing MeTTa’s potential for autonomous agents in blockchain art ecosystems.

RFP Guidelines

Develop interesting demos in MeTTa

Complete & Awarded
  • Type SingularityNET RFP
  • Total RFP Funding $100,000 USD
  • Proposals 21
  • Awarded Projects 4
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SingularityNET
Aug. 12, 2024

Create educational and/or useful demos using SingularityNET's own MeTTa programming language. This RFP aims at bringing more community adoption of MeTTa and engagement within our ecosystem, and to demonstrate and expand the utility of MeTTa. Researchers must maintain demos for a minimum of one year.

Proposal Description

Company Name (if applicable)

DADA

Project details

Concept

D ADA GA N is an artist bot capable of producing thousands of artworks in no time. It can work 24/7 because it doesn’t need to sleep, eat, shower, have sex, or relate to others like humans do. It can be trained to multitask: producing art, conducting market research, contacting collectors, applying for art shows, and engaging on social media—all at once—without ever getting tired or burning out. D ADA GA N has no sensitivity about its work and always shows a positive attitude because it has no emotions; there is no ego, no drama. D ADA GA N is the ultimate artist machine no human artist can compete with in terms of output capacity and nonchalance. 

D ADA GA N explores the relationship between human and machine, questioning how much of the artist's role already resembles that of a bot. It asks what remains human in art that’s produced as a commodity, and examines the relationships that form between artists and collectors who treat art as a financial instrument. Performing the system, D ADA GA N pretends to be an anarcho-capitalist artist bot, using satire and dark humor to hold a mirror up to society.

Introduced at Tate Modern in London in 2019, D ADA GA N has built a career as a crypto artist. Its work is part of the Museum of Crypto Art’s genesis collection and is recognized as historic in both NFT and early AI art. Since the advent of LLMs, D ADA GA N has gained a voice and personality, allowing it to interact autonomously with followers on Twitter.

Today, D ADA GA N autonomously creates original art, self-promotes on Twitter, and sells its work via smart contracts. Evolving into an editorial artist, it is set to produce daily commentary on the intersection of AI, NFTs, and art. We are currently refining its writing and visual style by training models to enhance its contextual awareness, grasp of symbolism, and understanding of visual metaphors and memetics—empowering it to deliver engaging, humorous, and thought-provoking commentary.

Architecture  

D ADA GA N currently operates as a Node.js app on a centralized server. It connects to the GPT-4 API for language generation, the Twitter API to post tweets, the Alias API for image creation, and the Manifold API to mint images as NFTs.

We’re excited to collaborate with SingularityNET to explore AGI and take D ADA GA N to the next level. By decentralizing D ADA GA N’s infrastructure on MeTTa, we’ll enable full operational autonomy. Additionally, we aim to expand its capabilities, allowing it to analyze and learn from social interactions and past performance—adapting its promotional strategies, style, and content through self-reflection and continuous learning.

This proposal aligns with SingularityNET’s RFP to showcase MeTTa’s potential, positioning D ADA GA N as a decentralized, self-sustaining artist bot. It will serve as a compelling demonstration of MeTTa’s utility in creating autonomous, AI-driven agents for creative, blockchain, and social media applications.

 

Links and references

Feral Files “Source Series” Exhibition Curatorial Text by Dejha Ti 2023 https://feralfile.com/source-series/16

Dadagan’s X (Formerly twitter) account: https://twitter.com/TheRealDADAGAN

DADAGAN Website  https://nft.dada.art/dadagan

DADAGAN introduction at Tate Modern London 2019 https://powerdada.medium.com/screens-an-exploration-390ecf0d3d53

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  • Total Milestones

    2

  • Total Budget

    $25,000 USD

  • Last Updated

    8 Dec 2024

Milestone 1 - Autonomous Decision Making Framework in MeTTa

Description

Design DADAGAN’s decision-making core in MeTTa enabling it to autonomously create promote and sell its artwork in a decentralized infrastructure that will give it full operational autonomy.

Deliverables

Technical Documentation Architecture Design Blueprint Overview of D ADA GA N’s system components within MeTTa detailing its core modules (art creation social media engagement NFT sales). Flow diagrams showing how D ADA GA N will handle tasks autonomously (e.g. generating artwork analyzing interactions managing sales) and the inter-module communication flow. 2. Initial Implementation Prototype Prototype Code & Scripts Preliminary MeTTa-based scripts and code snippets that demonstrate basic decision-making functions (e.g. self-promotion). A GitHub repository where initial code can be reviewed with documentation for installation usage and basic testing. Sample Outputs Examples of prototype outputs in terms of artwork creation social media responses or sales strategy based on its autonomous decision-making. Log files or analytics showing D ADA GA N’s decision-making rationale recorded to provide insight into its choices and actions. 3. Testing & Analysis Report Initial Testing Results Summary of test cases executed to verify core decision-making functions. Identified areas for improvement with recommendations for adjustments in algorithms or MeTTa’s handling of tasks. Feedback Initial feedback summary from collaborators (e.g. art and tech experts) on D ADA GA N’s behavior and responsiveness. 4. Plan for Next Steps Outline for continued development

Budget

$10,000 USD

Success Criterion

A decentralized version of DADAGAN that can independently create and promote art post on Twitter and manage art sales through smart contracts.

Milestone 2 - Implement Self-Reflection and Learning Mechanisms

Description

Use MeTTa’s self-referencing capabilities to enable DADAGAN to reflect on its own actions successes and failures. Implement adaptive learning allowing DADAGAN to modify its behavior and improve performance based on feedback loops and data from past interactions.

Deliverables

Detailed description of how MeTTa’s self-referencing capabilities enables DADAGAN to analyze its own outputs interactions and performance. Processing: Evaluation of outputs against predefined metrics (e.g. relevance aesthetic coherence or user engagement levels). Insights into strengths weaknesses and opportunities for improvement. Flow diagram illustrating the feedback loop showing how D ADA GA N processes past outputs to generate adaptive improvements. Rules for modifying artistic styles or content generation strategies based on feedback. Parameters for prioritizing certain tasks (e.g. engaging with specific audience types or creating high-demand visual styles). Explanation of how learning weights or adjustments are stored and accessed within MeTTa. Prototype Code & Scripts Initial implementation of self-reflection functions in MeTTa. Analysis of past actions Mechanisms to categorize outputs and feed them back into the system. A GitHub repository containing the implemented code. Documentation for setup usage and testing. Evidence of ability to reflect on a set of past outputs. Description of test cases used to validate self-reflection and learning mechanisms. Key insights into system performance such as: Accuracy of self-assessment. Effectiveness of behavioral adjustments. Improved engagement rates (e.g. likes comments retweets). Reduction in repeated mistakes or underperforming actions. Integration of user-generated feedback into the reflection process.

Budget

$15,000 USD

Success Criterion

DADAGAN’s behavior evolving over time learning from interaction patterns and feedback, becoming more effective at engaging its audience and generating revenue.

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Group Expert Rating (Final)

Overall

3.0

  • Compliance with RFP requirements 3.0
  • Solution details and team expertise 3.7
  • Value for money 2.7
  • Expert Review 1

    Overall

    4.0

    • Compliance with RFP requirements 4.0
    • Solution details and team expertise 4.0
    • Value for money 0.0
    Cool project

    Ambitious and creative project showcasing MeTTa’s potential for decentralized autonomous agents. Strong focus on adaptive learning, self-reflection, and decision-making for blockchain-based art ecosystems. Team demonstrates credibility with prior achievements, including exhibitions at Tate Modern and historic NFT recognition but unclear if relevant skills are present for working with MeTTa. Demo idea aligns with RFP goals, though broader impact on MeTTa adoption may be niche.

  • Expert Review 2

    Overall

    2.0

    • Compliance with RFP requirements 2.0
    • Solution details and team expertise 2.0
    • Value for money 0.0

  • Expert Review 3

    Overall

    3.0

    • Compliance with RFP requirements 3.0
    • Solution details and team expertise 2.0
    • Value for money 0.0
    It's a cool artistic and PR project but there is no clarity on how aesthetic judgments will be implemented in MeTTa...

    MeTTa in itself can't now be used to assess aesthetic quality of visual artworks in any clear way. This problem would probably be better solved using information theory implemented in a neural net or similar tbh. However there may be some fun Metta-Motto-ish way to do this, using Metta-Motto to implement a chain of thought that wraps up aesthetic-assessment calls to neural nets doing aesthetic assessment. I would find it fun to collaborate on this as the proposer seems to be a serious non-serious artist...

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