Altered State Machine

On the blockchain side of AI, Altered State Machine (ASM) is a protocol for what it calls Non Fungible Intelligence, meaning AI agents that you own as NFTs.

The project sits in the AI agent and AI developer tools space, with a strong lean toward games and metaverse use.

The core idea is a decentralized protocol where AI is trained and traded.

You hold the agent as an NFT, train it, and can then trade it.

Altered State Machine also aims at interoperability, so one agent can be used across different metaverse applications instead of staying locked inside a single title.

The project frames this as a way for a global community to shape how AI develops.

You need to understand both NFTs and AI concepts before getting much out of it, and training agents can take some learning.

The bigger question is outside your control: the value of an owned agent depends on game developers and metaverse platforms actually adopting the protocol.

If you are not already comfortable with NFTs, expect a steep start.