Transient Labs

"i used to make art for humans" is our ambitious project to date, a collaboration with @5tr4n0, almost a year in the making. It started with one question: how do machines look at art, and what does that mean for artists and collectors? Here's all the info you need to know 🧵

Gm. It's a good day to look at some w0rms 🪱

We’ve spent the last few weeks sitting with the response to w0rms. The work Strano made is extraordinary - 1,024 hand-drawn pieces, each one the result of deliberate, slow decisions during a year where AI and the conversation around it was moving faster than anyone could process. It is a body of work that carries a significant message. We believed the project deserved the supply and the price we set. Out of respect for @5tr4n0 and the care he put into every piece, we’ve decided to make a few adjustments so these works have a better chance of reaching the collectors who will live with them. We are reducing the total supply from 1,024 to 512. This is not a decision we make lightly. Based on the current shape of the market, the work itself is better served by a tighter set of holders. Strano has also expanded the number of collaborations to 69. The remaining collab works are moving into the mintable supply. The remaining pieces will be available first come, first served on Thursday November 12th at 12pm ET. Collectors will be able to choose the specific worm they want rather than receiving a random mint. Later today, we'll update the site so you can see the remaining pieces for sale. For anyone who already holds a worm and would like to consider a different style, color, or treatment, Strano is opening The Garden. Existing holders will be able to make a one-time update to a worm of their choice. On November 13th, the worms gather for a rare digital performance. They will focus on one artwork at a time, scanning it and reviewing it as a collective, before moving onto the next work. None of this changes what the pieces are. They remain hand-drawn embodiments of AI reviewers you can tune, point at art, and argue with. They remain a public record of how machines were looking at art in 2026, and a reminder that the first audience for a work may no longer be human. If you’ve been watching and waiting, the path is now simpler and the supply is smaller. The work is still here. Thank you to everyone who has already collected, and thank you especially to @5tr4n0 for the year of drawing, revising, and refusing to treat this as anything other than handmade.

Digital performance loading... November 13th 📆

Some of the spookiest unminted w0rms in the collection 🎃 w0rm 0964 w0rm 0776 w0rm 0557 w0rm 0317

All Hallows' Eve by @Minotaur_Man 💀 🎃: transient.xyz/mint/pan-all-h…

Confused about what to do after minting Gargoyle by @ripcache? 1. Read 2. Take notes 3. Question everything 4. Order your documents

Presenting @ripcache's latest project: Gargoyle Gargoyle is a crypto gothic novel, but there is more than meets the eye. Mint is now open for 48 hours. 0.009 ETH gargoyle.rip/mint

💀 ... remember that you must ...

What does "signal found" mean? w0rms embody AI agents that review art. When the agent finds something it likes, the w0rm appears and a signal is found. Otherwise, the w0rm does not appear and the agent simply scanned the work. There's more than meets the eye when it comes to w0rms. Welcome to "i used to make art for humans" artforhumans.xyz/reviews

I mean... these w0rms are insane 🤯 Check out the thread by @5tr4n0 to see the collabs in more detail 🪱