PawnDriver

I made an example showing how to properly subdivide geometry for vertex painting. The goal is to only add density where it’s actually needed, instead of applying subdivision across an entire structure. In this example, subdivision is applied only to the surfaces being blended. This keeps the mesh clean, efficient, and easier to work with. I’ll be continuing this project with full textures and UVs and may release it as a Unity asset pack. I also plan to build out interior spaces and share more of the workflow as I go. AI was not used for this part of the project yet, but I plan to use AI in further stages of development.

@OuterSpacebar02 @mgosketches ok so you have given up on explaining the magic tools we need to invent to prevent people and things from learning too quickly and effectively.

@PawnDriver @mgosketches I personally would never get a (surveillance) brain chip even if they were made but you can go ahead and want that I guess? Dystopian. I'm sure there are many ways to regulate these programs, but I bet the companies love you for fighting so hard for them and the ram price hikes.

"Artists hate AI because they are gatekeepers" DUDE all of us learned on free resources and are more than happy to share tutorials. AI doesn't make you creative, it's an illusion sold by billionaires trying to monopolize art and culture while skyrocketing energy and RAM prices.

@OuterSpacebar02 @mgosketches You are detached from reality at this point. Not only was it fair game when they did it, they got away with it, the cats out of the bag, everyone can train local models. What mechanism are you planning to invent to regulate pattern recognition?

@PawnDriver @mgosketches Literally no? Things people make aren't just "fair game" at all? People still have legal rights to their work.

@OuterSpacebar02 @mgosketches We have AI and Robots, the brain chips are coming too. So... The reason you are hanging on to this is you think what you are saying is possible. It's completely impossible to regulate pattern recognition.

@PawnDriver @mgosketches No??? It's not at all the same??? If I study someone's art I don't just take chunks of other people's work, I look at the structure of it and examine the method. It's more than copying the look of the final product. Dumb hypothetical brain chip wouldn't make someone not human?

Good vibes on the Lilly pad.

@OuterSpacebar02 @mgosketches There is no way to do that. It's not possible to regulate that. Once you put something out there it's fair game.

@PawnDriver @mgosketches Maybe not allow anyone to put anything in the program? Maybe not allow companies working on these programs to pour whatever they can find into their programs and 99% of the time without permission from rights holders? That's my issue?

@SHL0MS @PYeerk What does debunking Monet even mean? LOL

@PYeerk the point of the post is not to debunk Monet. i hope this helps

Cheap entertainment for retards who want to "debunk" Monet

@OuterSpacebar02 @mgosketches How are you even going to stop someone from feeding images into a program? Like what?

@OuterSpacebar02 @mgosketches Hate to break it to ya buddy but people are just crappy versions of what these machines do. Its the same process, just one is better at it. What do you plan to do when a person has enhanced cybernetic brain chip? Make it so they cant look at art to protect a dead job?

@OuterSpacebar02 @mgosketches You don't appear to have the ability to think about second and third order effects. You cant regulate something you cant control. Its cope man, pure psychosis. You are grasping at some random idea that isn't feasible to implement. How do you regulate pattern recognition?

@PawnDriver @mgosketches No? Regulations on taking things that aren't yours, buddy. Feeding content into these programs however you feel like with no regard for the people actually making things. Sorry, I forgot this whole thing started because you completely lack reading comprehension.

@OuterSpacebar02 @mgosketches We should regulate people learning by looking at stuff.

@OuterSpacebar02 @mgosketches So regulations on what exactly? GPUs and pattern recognition? We should regulate math too.

@OuterSpacebar02 @mgosketches Read what you said from a logical perspective. Step back and read it. Think about how it will look in 2-3 years. That's straight up psychosis.

@PawnDriver @mgosketches Alright then, a meltdown like when AI users find any and all posts of artists that talk about AI and say unhinged things like how they hope artists all go broke, starve, die, et cetera? And there isn't a side of thinking this shouldn't just go unregulated like this?

@OuterSpacebar02 @mgosketches An existential meltdown is not a side. Its a behavior.

@PawnDriver @mgosketches Ah, yes, there are no sides, but you say that it's the "copypasta argument" that you see? And then you proceeded to say there is two groups? I don't know, I'm of the group not taking other people's art and not discouraging people from even trying. You seem inconsistent though.

@OuterSpacebar02 @mgosketches > despite what you guys say There is no "you guys". There is no 2 sides to this. There is only people who are experiencing an existential meltdown and people who are not.

@PawnDriver @mgosketches Buddy, maybe you should work on that reading comprehension. Or maybe your insecurities you might be seeing? This is about how we AREN'T gatekeeping, despite what you guys say. Anyone can put in the effort and learn. All artists started somewhere much smaller than you think.

@kvickart @SHL0MS @_ontologic This is funny right now, but in a world where AI is really common we are going to actually have a crises around this stuff XD

@PawnDriver @SHL0MS @_ontologic I mean Monet probably was AI, why'd he paint all funky like that, its like he was painting latent noise by hand

It’s interesting to me how many ppl were tricked by this. I am a colorblind philistine who has never seen a Monet in person and immediately clocked that this was not AI. The brushwork is too intentional, you can see slight shadows at the edges of the chunkier strokes. It’s very obviously a photo of a real painting.

@JoeDotAverage @MinistryOvTrvth @Andercot Quest 3 is a beast btw, even in standalone it runs all of the stuff I work on very well.

@PawnDriver @MinistryOvTrvth @Andercot You thanks its still a good time to jump in, cycle wise, or is new hardware about to drop that would mean the Q3 isn't good enough. I saw some stuff about Valve dropping a new headset.

@mackaybell Its a landslide. They cant even complain about Ai without using XAI's platform LOL

How are the AI wars going? What's the scorecard so far? Is the anti-AI crowd winning? The following Directors/Filmmakers have spoken in favor of AI as a film tool and are actually involved in companies to develop it (a short list): Steven Soderbergh: Actively using generative AI for documentaries and upcoming films; calls it a practical new tool he wants to experiment with. James Cameron: Joined Stability AI board; sees it as a major cost-cutter for VFX/CG films while keeping humans in control. Darren Aronofsky: Founded AI studio with Google DeepMind; producing AI-generated shorts and series. Ben Affleck: Founded AI filmmaking startup (acquired by Netflix); developing director-focused tools. Peter Jackson: Views AI as "just another special effect" that amplifies creativity. Shawn Levy: Calls AI an "essential" tool filmmakers should embrace. Timur Bekmambetov: Deeply integrating AI (e.g., custom acting AI and near-fully AI films). Joe & Anthony Russo: Used and advised on AI VFX tools like Wonder Dynamics. Steven Spielberg: Backed Wonder Dynamics AI for easier VFX/character animation.

@howlshot @Grummz thank you!

@PawnDriver @Grummz x.com/theworldlabs/s…

This is insane!!! Someone just created a tool for Claude that lets it take any image and not just generate an environment, but individual meshes with physics and an ambient sound layer. Unreal, blender ready, etc.

@_ontologic @SHL0MS We got bigger problems if Monet was AI from the start. lol

@PawnDriver @SHL0MS If that happens I will buy shl0ms an ice cream sandwich