I remember someone who make ads was noticing their engagement dropped to nil after "saving money" with AI ads... They did an experiment. They handmade a cheap ad with cardboard and humans.

Engagement went way back up. People crave real art in a world of slop.

I presume not many if so. But the article doesn't include any examples beyond this one. The headline has vastly overblown what the article actually is. I know that's pretty common now but it just bugs me.

Souvenir shops, maybe? I've been seeing lots of ugly AI slop printed on random objects in those corners and older tourists don't seem to mind. Although that might change as soon as feedback from family and friends arrives.

Advertising software gaming just not literally the whole thing obviously

I am not sure the majority of genAI 3d models are even usable as is. 3d prints need a conscious approach that optimizes them for being printed bottom2top, with popular precision/nosle sizes options in mind, with more interesting build using that limitation to their advantage - see e.g. infill printing on chain-connected toys you probably saw sold in bulk on marketplaces - from free designs on the internet, not to mention springs and other material/technology-dependant tricks. 3d models for animation and wiring need to have clean topology to render without surprise glitches and wasting cpu time. And I'm not even talking about super serious CAD stuff that needs consistency and precision in the smallest details.

I had little time with 3d, but from what I had with vector images and auto tracing, broken or/and overcomplicated geometry can lead one to a point it's just easier to redraw the thing than trying to fix it.