Half Cheetah by James Bloom uses Reinforcement Learning AI models running in real-time. Each piece shows runners on a never-ending journey towards an unknown destination. 3D scans of humans act out behaviours generated by mammalian AI agents. A second RL model then analyses their motion in real-time and re-orders movement dynamically according to alternative goals. There is no improvement towards efficiency. Instead, an abstract flow of body motion continues in perpetuity, trending towards repetition and failure. Functioning software that has no utility but nevertheless exists.
There are 180 unique pieces, each with their own unique convergence goal. Collectors can choose which pieces to mint from the gallery below. Whitelist minting begins 5pm UK time (midday EST) on 8th December and public minting opens on 10th December at 5pm UK time. The Half Cheetah smart contract is on Ethereum and all code and media is stored on arweave. The contract also supports Delegate (V2) for cold wallets.
