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People keep comparing AI to the likes of NFTs, the blockchain, and 3D printers. All of those were over-promised niche products but AI has already proven its worth.
They were all about what they could do, but AI is already doing it.
I don't know why you're throwing shade at 3d printers, they're great products that allow you to make random shit and iterate prototypes. A friend of mine has some, and along with fidgets and shit, she's used it to replace parts that the OEMs won't sell at reasonable prices.
Commercial 3D printers didn't really revolutionalize anything outside of making prototyping quicker. It's a useful tool for certain applications, but there is no reason for every hone to have one as was promised 15 years ago when the technology became widespread.
I absolutely do not believe that AI has proven itself to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars that has been poured into it
"AI" / LLMs ARE over-promised, over-funded product that has absolutely not proven it's worth the energy and investment being poured in it.
Now that there are decent Text to 3D models I use AI with my 3D printer to basically talk into my computer and it divines a physical object. We're closer to Star Trek's Replicator than I would've ever thought imaginable in my lifetime. These "over-promised niche products" are simply nacent technologies that have not had the benefit of maturation.
Can you please share some models you printed this way? Curious to see. I have 3D printers at home and tried few 3D models e.g. PifHUD or TripoSR but never went all the way to printing any as I didn't find the quality sufficient. This was months ago or more so I imagine better models exist, also maybe you have a better workflow.
Can you please share how you do that
"AI" doesn't exist. You're just recycling grifter hype.