Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4

github.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

191–200 of 301 posts

Re: BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4

#191

Post by desmondw »

kaashif wrote: post #42
TeMPOraL wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know, maybe I am one of those "superstitious peasants from the dark ages who fear new tools", but I'm increasingly terrified of GPT-4 and future iterations of it as applied to the industry I work with (i.e. software). It does seem to threaten to suddenly eliminate all the interesting parts of the job, a good chunk of openings, and to significantly reduce salaries for the openings that remain - all at the same…

In the past, when tools that significantly increased developer productivity emerged, like higher level languages (C, Java, Python), better IDEs, or better access to help (e.g. StackOverflow), the demand for more software has outpaced any decrease in demand for developers due to productivity improvements. I'm not saying I know that's going to continue forever, but it might. If the cost to produce software goes down, t…

> if you stay on the cutting edge and get good at using all kinds of tools with max productivity

For people with eternal youthful energy, good health, no family, and a single-mindedness toward work in life.

Re: BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4

#192

Post by desmondw »

juvvel wrote: post #85
TeMPOraL wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If so, then this means the good boss will soon no longer need employees , as the LLMs will deliver better results faster and cheaper.

Who will buy the bosses' shit if everyone is unemployed and can't afford it? Companies can't stay afloat by just buying from each other.

> Companies can't stay afloat by just buying from each other.

After an initial injection of capital, yes they can.

Re: BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4

#193

Post by TeMPOraL »

DrewADesign wrote: post #133
bigbassroller wrote: post #2

I know this tech is terrifying to actual 3D artist who don’t want be a “prompt engineer”, but as someone who has never used Blender, I think its cool that I can create something using tools like this and use them in my projects, ex background animation on a website hero section.

Most people aren't worried about being a prompt engineer-- they're worried about being a Doordash driver if it turns out that one prompt engineer can replace many professional, well-paid people in their industry. That's pretty rational.

> being a Doordash driver

If that job will even be available. The other day my sister sent me a photo of a little food delivery robot she spotted on the streets[0], and mind you, we're not living in Silicon Valley, but in Poland.

--

[0] - https://www.deliverycouple.com/ - based on the markings on that robot, its these people.

Re: BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4

#194

Post by RedNifre »

antibasilisk wrote: post #83
warent wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is such a vague comment that it's pretty near impossible to reply to in a very constructive way. By my estimation it seems probable that we'll end up in the near future with some Jira integration that has an "auto fix" button on tickets. Possibly PMs or managers will be empowered to replace a large chunk of work that is currently done by people like me... and these things are only the beginning! If you were thin…

My point is that if a machine can write more or less any program, then the artistic merit of programming falls away completely. It's instead replaced by a slurry of incomprehensible nonsense that simply works for some reason.

Yeah, like a binary today, right?

What's the problem if the new "source code" is all prompts written in natural language and the classical code is just a build artifact?

Re: BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4

#195

Post by geraldwhen »

kypro wrote: post #26
Thorentis wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It just raises the bar so that 3D artists who are only capable of reproducing the same boring things they saw in YouTube tutorials are no longer considered proficient. The more I think about this trend, the more I think it might be good. Bootcamp devs are no longer good enough for junior roles since a GPT could replace them. Digital media people who learnt via YouTube and have no real talent are no longer skilled eno…

This isn't how it will play out though. At first chess AIs got enough to beat unskilled players. They they were good enough to beat intermediate players. Then they challenged the grandmasters. Today no human, no matter how long they practise or how hard they train will ever get close to beating an AI at chess. Your assumption that this raises the bar for human 3D artists is correct today, but it won't be long before…

This will not be true if ai produced works can’t be copyrighted.

Re: BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4

#196

Post by quonn »

carlsborg wrote: post #167
EamonnMR wrote: post #31

"The generated code might not always be correct. In that case, run it again lmao" is the best documentation I've read all week.

From authors website: "I graduated high school in May of 2022..". Elsewhere, he writes he placed first at a university level drone programming challenge at IIT-Bombay Techfest. Very impressive.

The JEE exam in India is very advanced, I doubt most Europeans or US students could pass it, even after a year or two at university. So those who enter IIT are already quite good very early.

Re: BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4

#197

Post by terramex »

quchen wrote: post #182
cwkoss wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OpenAI surely retains conversation logs. When super intelligent AI gains power, I want it to know I've been a good boy.

Pascal’s Wager, AI edition? :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager

Roko's basilisk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk

Re: BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4

#198

Post by eggsmediumrare »

abledon wrote: post #40

I'm just thinking of that reddit post about the 3d artist who is demoralized about his small indie company and him being reduced to just inputting prompts all day. Now its spreading to the animators and Explosion/CreatureEffects artists. Studios like Wetta Digital / DoubleNegative etc.. are gonna pounce on this

I've been watching the behind the scenes stuff from the LotR extended editions. The Weta Workshop people were true craftsmen and women, dedicated and creative and really inspiring. Now I'm imagining two people just prompting a machine over and over and to be honest it's a really sad vision of a sad, boring future. Give me hippies carving Treebeard out of polystyrene over AI generated digital perfection any day.

Re: BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4

#199

Post by Naga »

warent wrote: post #9
bigbassroller wrote: post #2

I know this tech is terrifying to actual 3D artist who don’t want be a “prompt engineer”, but as someone who has never used Blender, I think its cool that I can create something using tools like this and use them in my projects, ex background animation on a website hero section.

I don't think this is "terrifying" to 3D artists any more than github copilot is terrying to us haha, I'm not sure why we engineers have this tendency of imagining every other industry as being populated by superstitious peasants from the dark ages who fear new tools. In my experience the vast majority of people are excited about GPT including artists.

I was speaking recently to a graphic artist who is terrified of Stable Diffusion and the like. I mentioned that these tools can augment their ability to do work instead of just replacing, but their point is that they are a graphic artist because they like doing the things that the AI will be replacing. Being a prompt engineer wasn't really the reason they studied and learned to become an artist. To me, that is a completely reasonable way to feel.

Re: BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4

#200

Post by anonzzzies »

warent wrote: post #9
bigbassroller wrote: post #2

I know this tech is terrifying to actual 3D artist who don’t want be a “prompt engineer”, but as someone who has never used Blender, I think its cool that I can create something using tools like this and use them in my projects, ex background animation on a website hero section.

I don't think this is "terrifying" to 3D artists any more than github copilot is terrying to us haha, I'm not sure why we engineers have this tendency of imagining every other industry as being populated by superstitious peasants from the dark ages who fear new tools. In my experience the vast majority of people are excited about GPT including artists.

Just leaving this here;

https://www.reddit.com/r/blender/comments/121lhfq/i_lost_eve...

Edit; I see it was discussed indeed on HN yesterday. I have already seen tons more of these in my circles and not only 3d/artists.

Post reply on HN