• joe@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Never underestimate the power of convenience. (aka laziness)

    But, maybe the market for these AI generated 3D models will tank as the AI models improve. We’re in a period where there is a lot of churn-- no one knows what the economic landscape for any given AI impacted market will look like in the near future.

    It could be that the cost of flooding this market with AI generated 3D models is low enough that it still makes profit, a la spam mail. Or it could be that AI models improve such that it’s trivial for people to prompt for their own 3D models and the need for this marketplace vanishes entirely. Or somewhere in the middle.

    No one knows, and anyone who says with certainty that they do is selling you something.

    Edit: two different types of models being discussed. Clarified.

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      17 days ago

      As the article says, people are already not buying AI generated 3d models. So the price can’t really tank further.

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        17 days ago

        The article has this to say:

        the marketplace is being flooded by AI-generated assets, representing one in six models — but they only account for only $1 out of every $90 in revenue.

        That’s not $0.

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            17 days ago

            Is it? Maybe I’m missing some context you have, but if they are hypothetically selling $90,000/day (a made up, probably too large number) then AI generated 3D models bring in $1,000/day.

            That’s not $0/day.