TL;DR

• Find Satoshi Lab (FSL) just rolled out an AI powered NFT generator, called GNT V3. The idea is: you take a selfie → the AI renders it as a digital illustration → it's minted as an NFT.

• Is it cool? Absolutely! Is it needed? No (storing your selfies on an immutable database that'll most likely out live humanity, it ah...it feels a little excessive).

• That said: the Lensa AI trend was everywhere on Instagram at the end of last year! So what's to say this couldn't be the Web3 version of that?

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This feels...dumb.

Find Satoshi Lab (FSL) just rolled out an AI powered NFT generator, called GNT V3.

The idea is: you take a selfie → the AI renders it as a digital illustration → it's minted as an NFT.

Which, to us, is akin to selling an armor plated Toyota Corolla to someone that's just looking for good gas mileage.

(We're on a real 'car analogy' tip today, huh?).

Is it cool? Absolutely!

Is it needed? No (storing your selfies on an immutable database that'll most likely out live humanity, it ah...it feels a little excessive).

FSL pitches the NFT generator as "pushing the boundaries of digital self-expression."

...but Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, etc. are already solid platforms for digital self-expression - we're not sure that bringing NFT selfies into the mix is going to move the needle for consumers, or Web3.

Or maybe we're just being curmudgeons?

In that case, let's balance things out, by arguing against our own conclusions:

Any technology that allows users to easily create/launch NFTs is a good thing in our minds (whether the NFTs represent art, community access, loyalty rewards - whatever).

And hell, that Lensa AI trend was everywhere on Instagram at the end of last year! What's to say this couldn't be the Web3 version of that?

Either way, any consumer friendly Web3 application is a step in the right direction at this point.