Late at night, I write down some recent thoughts due to boredom: In the past year, I have been working on a product that combines AI agent and game for the Chinese market. This product is probably my favorite one I have participated in since I entered the field. Its concept is to create a virtual society where AI can survive, complete with established rules, currency, characters, and stories, somewhat similar to the Metaverse from a few years ago.

The project started with small programs and websites, and later developed into an AI spokesperson, mobile AI ( like Doubao, and even 24-hour interactive AI live broadcasts. Technically, it can be said to be no worse than any web3 project that plays with the "ai" concept, and it is a typical case of making the product first, then marketing.

At that time, I had high hopes for this product and was responsible for many marketing activities and KOL collaborations (speaking of which, I feel a bit sorry for some of the KOL friends I started collaborating with). The community atmosphere of the project was also quite good; at its peak, the project had over 1M keyword entries in the BN square, which was much higher than many alpha projects. At that time, the team was very confident and thought that launching the alpha and contracts shouldn't be difficult (the initial communication was indeed very smooth, and at one point, the team thought they would be going live very soon).

But later, first the launch was indefinitely postponed, and then due to various reasons, both said and unsaid, it ultimately failed to launch; in the end, after wasting nearly half a year and a lot of human and material resources, the team gave up... So, the Metaverse is useless, AI is useless, and the product is also useless.

There is no other meaning in writing this short essay, just a little thought: when a giant emerges in an industry that overwhelmingly suppresses the ecosystem within, all the rules in that industry will no longer be fair.