Buzzy AI Startup for Generating 3D Models Used Cheap Human Labor
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Kaedim's founder was recently in a Forbes 30 Under 30 list for the company's 2D to 3D image conversion. In some cases artists produced the work wholecloth, one source said.

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What Kaedim’s artificial intelligence produced was of such low quality that at one point in time “it would just be an unrecognizable blob or something instead of a tree for example,” one source familiar with its process said. 404 Media granted multiple sources in this article anonymity to avoid retaliation.

this is fucking amazing. the company tries to hide it as a QA check, but they’re really just paying 3d modelers $1-$4 a pop to churn out models in 15 minutes while they pretend the work’s being done by an AI, and now I’m wondering what other AI startups have also discovered this shitty dishonest growth hack

    • Soyweiser@awful.systemsEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Well 2d is vastly different from 3d, and the latter is also quite a lot of work. Techbros just didn’t really know about this and assumed that magical chatgpt could also do 3d.

      Move fast and break your investors money.

      • self@awful.systemsOPEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        all they had to do was talk to a single engineer with CAD experience to find out how much effort goes into turning a 2D blueprint into a 3D design, so of course they didn’t