Last time I was on Thingiverse browsing, someone had spent the past day uploading hundreds of models of women squatting. Just page after page. I gave up and went somewhere else. Who the fuck thinks we want to see this
As someone who has been deep into 3d printing for a long time, even selling prints that I bought licenses for, there are a LOT of people who want exactly that.
I don’t not want to see women squatting, but will pass on Ai generated models of that though thanks.
AI really shows how broken and non-existant moderation is on these “platforms”.
It has nothing to do with AI. Pornographic models for 3d printing have been everywhere in large numbers long before the current AI became a thing.
My wife has been selling handmade crocheted stuff on Etsy for a while and I am constantly catching her going through listings and getting infuriated about designs that look awesome in the photos but are unrealistic or impossible in execution, and yet people keep buying them
I used to make fine silver chains by hand and sell them on Etsy, and did quite well with it. Then it got flooded with drop shippers despite that being against terms of service. But you could see the biggest and most successful jewellery sellers all had identical products and if you search their product titles on Ali express or Temu it was the first result. I went from 5-10 sales which was a couple grand a month to zero the instant they stopped policing it.
I can only imagine how bad it is now with ai. I tried to browse Etsy for something recently and there was literally pages of ai slop. I don’t think I saw a single real product.
I bought a 50 € “silver ring” that was made out of copper on Etsy. After it started changing it’s color and painting my finger black i searched for it on Ali and found it for 1,10 € there.
I couldn’t revive the 5 Star rating i gave the shop, nor did they or Etsy get back to me after inquiering. After that i stopped using Etsy completly.
Why would you pay for them when you can just generate them yourself for cheaper?
Basically digital dropshipping.
This is the central problem with AI art
Do you mean to tell me that Prompt Engineer isn’t a real job??
It was, but they lost their jobs to AI automation.
I mean it is a real job, and it takes a unique skill set if your actually building the workflow, tuning the model and learning the tooling.
But it’s not the same job as artist.
Its like comparing a stone sculpture to a welder. Both can make art but it’s two VERY different processes and results.
The problem is the stupid ass prompt engineers are claiming to be artists and have no actual art skills. And 99% of them don’t even understand how the fuck their own tooling works, understand how to actual tune the model or even what it’s training set really is.
They just slap words into the slop generator and call it a day
It’s the equivalent of yeeting a paint can at a wall and calling it art.
It’s fucking stupid
Do you mean to tell me that vibe-writing prompts is an equivalent to an engineering degree??
I’ll just vibe write one broseph, it’s the wave of the f̵u̶t̶u̸r̶e̷, g̴̘̖͆ę̶̮͊t̴̢̼͗̎ o̷̼̭̰̍ṉ̸̣̗͛̔ b̴͓͚͗̈́o̵̙͉̎ä̴̲̯́̇r̸͕̽̈d̶̦̫̍̃ o̶̠͗̑̚r̸̙͖̈́ g̷̡̻̠̲͔̖̜̠̣͓̉̈́̎͆͛̀͒̽͑ȩ̴͔̞͕͑̀̓͗̋͑̈̾̌̓̕t̸̞̥̲̟̲̬̀̐ l̷̞̮̓͐̐̐̔́́̽̏̅͋̄͛̚e̶͉̲̼̘̹̒̐̉͐̓̽̔̅̒̿̽̀̾̊̀f̵̢̧̨̨̛̬̤̗̻̟̱̯̳̞̳̝͎͔̱͕̲͓̰͉͕̭͐͊̆̒̿̊͗͑̈́́̈́̀̀̂̂̄͘ͅt̴̢̧̥͍̼͙̙̝̫̹̙͚̭̱̯̜̳͕̜̼͍̆̔̎̄̂̏̌̈́͗̊͊̋͐͆̃̕͝ b̴̧̧̢̡̢̢͕͖̞̫̤̹͉̲̬̟̗̝̞͓͕̺͈̫̱̰͇͎͙͎̖̜͙̦͎̖̥͇̘̹̦͇̦͕̹͎͓̻͇̳̖̰̬̞͕̯̖͖̼̰̹́̈́̾́͗͐̅͌̀̎͛͒̐̔̎̆͗̽̒̒͒̈̀͊͗́̌͂͛͑̄͐̄̐͛̀̏̀̽̇͛̍̽̽̚͝͠͝e̶̢̡̛̛̞̯̦͈͓͙̳̗̜̤͍̜͖͍̩͊̌͑̏̇̀̈́́̏̿͂̈́̈́̽̈́̀̇͂̉̾̓̑͛͒̈̇͆̽̌̃̅̉̀̾̇̐͊̈́̊̀̇̆̚̚͜͝͠h̸̡̢̢̨̨̛̹̠̳͈͙̙̗̮̫̣̦̠̲͇̰̺̘͖͇̰̯͖̺͍̬̙̠͕̱̗̙̹̘̼̜̙͚̦̥̪͍̲̻̼̦̖͍͔̬̮̰͈̳̦͖̬̻̓̐̾̅͋̂͛͐̓̍́̔̌̃̍̌͆͒̍̃͐̇͑̃́́́͌̆͗̊̀̐̃̂̈́̎͌̾̇́́̊͑̒̔̃̓̀̋͌̚̕͜͜͠͠͠͠͠͠͠͠ͅͅị̷̧̡̙̺̟̰̬͕͔̥̥͈̲͚̠̙̗͍̯̠͖̲̞͔͎̬̮͍̝͕̐́͛̈́͗͐̀̑͗͐̿̍̈͗̏̀̇̆͛̄̍̃̎̃͆̀͑͗̈́͆͛̏̆͑̓̃̀̂̄̚͘̕̕̚͘͜͝ͅn̵̨̧̢̢̢̛̛̛̛̛̻͔̩̯̭͚̯̲͙̤͔̟̫̗̪̥̯̲̲̝̰̮͓͓̦̱͓̤̮̖̥͇͖͕̄̂̑̌̿̃̎̎̌̌̑͌̾͒̑̽̀͗͛͆̀̍̾̽̐̍̍̆̂̃͌̽̄́̾͗̃͛̆͘͘̚͜͝͝͝͝ͅͅd̴̨̧̨̡̢̨̨̳̱̣͎͍̯̯̺̼̜͖̠̩̞̫̭͉͈͕̞̺͔̦̰̼̖͖̰̼͍̟͎̫͉̣̙̮͉̭̹̰̞̈́͆̂̅͒̽̌͛͌̈̏̍̿͐͋̎̓̒̒̆̄̕̕͝͠͠͠ͅ
Just wanted to say I noticed and appreciate the effort to have what looks like two stages of zalgo there (unless there’s a generator out there that will auto-increase it over the string, in which case… link? hehe)
I searched for one, either it’s not out there (yet) or my searching sucks.
Also it’s increased in each word after the start, just not dramatically at first.
It’s pretty dramatic…
Also there are subscription models to access a library of high quality models for much cheaper than AI could generate each individual one. Also there are many very talented 3D artists out there who can create unique models of a much higher quality than AI can at the moment.
Once again LLMs aren‘t really solving any problems here. They‘re only trying to disrupt with no benefit for society or the profession.
Because they probably claim they’re hand made models so you pay for skill when you’re getting mass market.
In other words: as scam. That’s simply what most stuff that use ai are, one way or another
Right? Hunyuan 3D is open weight, free to use, and probably not too far off from the cloud-based services that charge per credit.
It’s the exact same problem you run into on any open or semi-open market but the outcome for anything with a good user review system will be the same. Look at Steam where asset flips and low quality clones flooded the store but 99% of them barely get a handful of sales if any. Instead all the money goes towards the games with actual fun content. People recognize low quality and low effort slop and AI reeks of it.
The only thing flooding markets with slop does is it makes it harder for the small gems to get discovered. Some of them still will, they happen to catch the eye of just the right person and spread through word of mouth, and the big companies will just shovel heaps of money into advertising, but it makes life miserable for the little guy trying to make a name for themselves.
There are a bunch of areas where AI has really struggled and design like this is a good example. My closest experience is AI trying to create Lucid charts. Everytime I see it done I think, “what drugs are you taking” and realize it’s an AI creation. At the super high level it looks like it could be accurate and then you start following the flow diagrams and it’s insane.
Yeah, ai CAN do somethings really well at this point. But scam artists don’t care and just bank on people not paying attention. So they use it everywhere including places it still has no business being.
But scam artists have been a problem for all of human history. Ai ain’t changed that one bit. It’s just the new avenue.
