Buzzy AI Startup for Generating 3D Models Used Cheap Human Labor
www.404media.co
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.

404media continues to do devastatingly good tech journalism

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
    1·
    1 year ago

    It is like crypto! Where exchanges don’t really use crypto internally because it is cheaper to just have your own local database, not use blockchain at all and just write to the chain only when needed. Same with web3 stuff.

    • self@awful.systemsOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      this feels somehow even more dishonest, like one of those smart contracts that promises a ton of automation but it’s all predicated on a human-driven service giving you correct answers, and the whole thing breaks down when that service does