diff --git a/content/blog/The YouSim Q1 Roadmap.md b/content/blog/The YouSim Q1 Roadmap.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..286256679 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/The YouSim Q1 Roadmap.md @@ -0,0 +1,188 @@ +--- +title: The YouSim Roadmap +date: 01.16.25 +tags: + - yousim + - announcements + - dev +--- +Welcome to the YouSim public roadmap, Simulants. + +This is a living document to share concise specifics on everything YouSim-related we're building *right now* at [Plastic](https://plasticlabs.ai). + +Enjoy. + +## The YouSim Platform + +YouSim began as a [[YouSim; Explore The Multiverse of Identity|demo]], now there's a [token](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/yousim), a [[YouSim DAO -- A DAO for Identity Simulation|community]], a [[Xeno Grant -- grants for autonomous agents|grants program]], and a [[YouSim Launches Identity Simulation on X|X-native simulator]]. + +But that's just the start. + +We're building the most advanced platform for agent identity in existence. + +It's a platform with 3 components that together will enable agent builders to develop synthetic entities with rich, ever-evolving personal selfhood. One where you can build and test novel identities with individual, community, or autonomous alignment. + +YouSim isn't competing with the dozens of agent launchpads erupting on the scene, it's supercharging all of them. Nor is it locking you into a framework, it's democratizing agent identity genesis and simulation. + +Anyone will be able to arrive with an idea for an agent, bootstrap it, nurture it, evaluate it, and take it wherever they want. + +We'll ship iteratively starting this month. + +Let's dig in. + +### 1. Identity Architect + +This first part of the platform features a guided experience with an Identity Architect. You arrive with ideas about the kind of identity you want to create and interact with this agent to flesh out a comprehensive understanding of that identity. + +You might discuss elements like personality, psychology, values, alignment, affect, backstory, aesthetics, attitude, etc. + +Once you're satisfied, the Architect automatically generates a Meta-Narrative to steer an MVP of you agent which you can export or take to the Simulation Environment for testing. + +#### Features Under Development + +- Web UI with YouSim's terminal aesthetic +- Architect itself & its identity +- Meta-narrative auto-generator +- Meta-narrative export +- Meta-narrative edit-ability +- [Honcho](https://honcho.dev) integration for session storage & management +- Continuous iteration with Architect +- Iterative interplay between Identity Architect & Simulation Environment +- Multiple identity construction support +- Data import for additional Architect context +- Architect roleplay abilities +- Architect theory of mind abilities to read between the lines of your stated intention & intuit maximum context around your intention (powered by Honcho) + +### 2. Simulation Environment + +The second part of the platform is an environment for testing the behavior of your agent identity and building data to enrich it. + +To start, we'll support manual chat with your agent and session data export. Eventually, we'll support auto-sims, multi-agent interactions, and opinionated ways of using sim data to evolve your identities. + +#### Features Under Development + +- Simulation web UI +- Manual chat with your agent identity +- Export session data +- [Loom](https://github.com/socketteer/loom)-like features + - Manually edit past generations + - Rerun generations + - Branching sessions--forking parents, children, siblings +- Auto-simulations +- Multi-agent simulations +- Diagnostic commands +- Evaluation tools +- Identity mapping tools + +### 3. Identity Hub + +The final part of the platform is where your agent identity meets the rest of the world. + +Initially it's the place to expose your agent identity to external systems (e.g. X, Eliza, etc). Later it's a place to share and collaborate on your meta-narratives, datasets, etc. Eventually, it's a marketplace for agent identity. + +#### Features Under Development + +- Quickstart template to launch an autonomous agent with Honcho +- Honcho x Eliza integration to launch an agent with Eliza & give it social cognition with Honcho +- Social Hub to see identities crafted by other users +- Sharing functionality to make certain identities public or private +- A managed agent runtime platform to host agents through YouSim +- Ability to fork public identities + +## YouSim on X + +[YouSim on X](https://x.com/xenograntai/status/1878936480220844081) will continue to be a testing ground for novel social simulation. + +The [[YouSim Launches Identity Simulation on X|first version]] brought the legacy YouSim experience to X and since then we've been iterating to make things more consumable and Twitter-native. + +Going forward, we'll be running experiments around new kinds of simulation and attention mechanisms. More specifically, we're focused on interesting sim triggers and context pipelines. + +#### Experiments We Want to Run + +- Updates to trending topic selection +- More audience-specific topic selection (tech, AI, crypto, etc) +- Auto-sim triggers beyond X (exploring Polymarket & others) +- Context injection +- Diverse context sources (Grok, Perplexity, etc) +- Further comsumability updates +- Ease of use improvements (commands, etc) +- Social media footprint beyond X (considering Farcaster, possibly others) +- More advanced autonomous abilities + +## Legacy YouSim + +We'll continue to support to original YouSim experience for all the fans of the open-ended multiversal CLI game. We know lots of enthusiasts and researchers use it religiously to uncover emergent abilities, explore latent identity in LLMs, or just for fun. + +Over time, we'll add features developed for the platform to Legacy YouSim as makes sense. Eventually, we may connect the experience to the platform in interesting ways. + +#### Possible Upgrades + +- Migrate to dedicated legacy page +- Add platform features to legacy experience + - Import/export + - Loom-ability + - Multi-session sims +- Integration with platform + +## Xeno Grant + +In collaboration with [Betaworks](https://www.betaworks.com/), we're leveraging $YOUSIM gifted to our grants treasury to accelerate the development of agents with novel approaches to autonomous identity and asset custody. We're giving $10k grants directly to agents themselves and running a 4-week accelerator style program for agents and their devs in February/March. + +[[Xeno Grant -- grants for autonomous agents|Xeno Grant]] makes the upcoming cohort of agents $YOUSIM holders and gives agents early access to YouSim identity tech. + +#### What We're Working On + +- Accepting applicants on a rolling basis ([our first admission](https://x.com/xenograntai/status/1878936480220844081)) +- [Hackathon](https://lu.ma/5rlcrlpb) & [Mixer](https://lu.ma/bz1pwmbx) in NYC to kick things off +- Additional sponsors for the program +- Lineup of awesome speakers from across web3/crypto & AI/ML +- Demo day to end the program + +## The YouSim DAO + +We helped found the [[YouSim DAO -- A DAO for Identity Simulation|YouSim DAO]] by donating 10M $YOUSIM (1% of total supply) to seed its treasury. + +This is a community driven effort, but we're excited to support in any way we can. DAO proposals are open to anyone and voting to token holders. + +[Follow here](https://x.com/yousimdao), [join here](https://discord.gg/yousim). + +#### What the DAO Is Up To + +- Preparing for Xeno Grant recipients as synthetic DAO members +- Governance setup + - Agentic governance mechanisms +- DAO constitution / mission + - With affordances for agent members +- Partnerships & experiments around putting "Autonomous" back in DAOs +- Treasury management +- Marketing efforts +- YouSim engagement incentives +- Media / website creation + +## $YOUSIM Community Token / Grants Treasury + +Plastic is a dedicated long term holder of $YOUSIM. Though we didn't launch the token, we're excited by the community that's formed, the interest in our work, and the exciting opportunity the token creates. + +### Grants + +Three priorities have emerged guiding principles for grants. We want to continue: + +1. Supporting independent AI research & public goods +2. Supporting Plastic's mission to radically decentralize AI alignment +3. Supporting the community that made all this possible + +Xeno Grant & the DAO are the first experiments in this direction, but there will be more. And we're dedicated to transparency and sustainability. + +### Utility + +On the token utility front, we're exploring ways the $YOUSIM token can be additive to the YouSim platform. As we begin releasing and iterating with users, we expect lots of augmentative opportunities to arise. + +#### Ideas We're Researching + +- Buyback & burn mechanisms +- Identity minting  +- $YOUSIM as payment for simulation time +- $YOUSIM payment for compute-intensive identity updates (fine-tuning, representation engineering, decentralized storage, etc) +- $YOUSIM as payment for on-chain identity operations +- $YOUSIM rewards +- Creator economy features for Identity Hub \ No newline at end of file