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Not trying to flood printables and co with more AI but honestly curious.

I am a person that has no sense for aesthetics whatsoever. In a creative process even less so. This would help me out im some situations. All functional parts j do in freecad.

A thread about myminifactory I asked about some ai site examples to evaluate the model quality. For example, do they know how to avoid overhangs if possible etc.

It got downvoted.

For real: what are some tested ai generators for stl?

EDIT: people are dming me links because (I assume) they don't want to admit they are not completely against ai. That is a healthy atmosphere right there. I agree that ai is taking a bad path right now but the tool itself shouldn't be discarded as a whole. You people are acting like calculators are bad because they let your mind rot. My grandfather was one of those. Simple answers are almost always wrong or incomplete. Think!

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I suck at creating things

how can I steal ideas in the most complicated way and make them seem like I did them?

your comparison of AI to calculators is simple and wrong. your perception of your grandfathers position on calculators is also wrong.

in studies it was found that students that had access to calculators performed worse on tests that banned their use. so yes, calculators made people more error prone and less likely to successfully calculate for themselves. the reason for this being far more related to AI than you probably imagine.

the human brain learns through patterns and long term repetitions. it's similar to how machine learning happens. multiple failures compound together to form a coherent strategy and skill. AI(LLM)'s are trained in the same way.

so, in essence, by using an AI to generate based off of stolen content it's similar to using a calculator for your brain. you're robbing yourself of the opportunity to grow and expand your horizons as a creator, and you're supporting a system of theft that only diminishes the hard work and efforts of those it stole from.