The economy has spoken: stuff that’s AI-generated has almost zero value

2 days ago by RockBottom to c/fuck_ai

3D assets marketplace CGTrader is being flooded by AI slop, but nobody is buying it, suggesting AI isn't "repricing the market."

Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/50807832

ICastFist 7 points 2 days ago

According to a customer survey, 20 percent “tried AI and found it not good enough,” according to the site. Only four percent of buyers of 3D printing models said AI “works well,”

As someone who looks for 3d models to print once in a while, I can confirm that the vast majority of slopped models are a fucking mess. The artifacts and lack of precision can be more or less handwaved away in 2D images, but in a 3D model that shit looks atrocious. Sure, the render may look lovely, but printed stuff doesn't need textures, which is where all the flaws become apparent.

Not to mention that "low poly" slopped models are likely to have over 100k vertices.

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lemmyng 3 points 2 days ago

Wouldn't slop-birthed models also contribute to using or wasting more resin and other 3D-printing material than necessary?

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ICastFist 6 points 2 days ago

Not necessarily, any model that is manifold, that is, fully "enclosed" without its interior or backfaces exposed, can be made hollow, which is the main saver of print material, whether resin or filament.

I've also found some models, back before the pandemic, that had loose vertices, unconnected to anything. When slicing, they'd create several faces that were only visible in the sliced file, fucking the print. Always good to get at least a basic understanding of blender and 3D models before printing.

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TootSweet 4 points 14 hours ago

"Almost"?

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