No one can stop this speed: The shock of 'AI' running a 100m dash in one second. 3D data creation and pure gold craftsmanship.

It has been about two years since AI, including ChatGPT, became widespread among the general public, hasn't it?

I, too, am indebted to it every day.

Speaking of such AI,
among various skills,

the skill of image creation
was shocking.

For us, whose livelihood is
crafting with pure gold,

before AI,
even creating an image of an idea
had to be done by hand
or by hiring a professional,
which was a costly affair.
-> Like 50,000 yen.

Now,
it can be done easily,
and
with good taste (though some parts are questionable),
created in just a few minutes.

Such AI image creation
is something that
expands the images in my head,
as I cannot draw nice pictures myself

truly
a revolution.

And just a few months ago,
we became able to use
even more shocking AI.

Two years ago,
I also wrote about
the shock of image creationon note.

And
I believe
everyone is realizing that as well.

Also,
at that time,

even if you could create images,
in terms of craftsmanship,

if you couldn't create 3D data,
it was difficult to commercialize products.

Our company's data artisan (Mr. Hoshino)
is always handling a lot of work,

so it is necessary to
organize and get started on things.

Simply put,
to create 3D data,
depending on the item,

it takes from one week
to, at worst,a month.

According to Mr. Hoshino,
3D data creation is
on a PC
like working with clay and

Especially before AI,
you had to start after
thinking of the image in your head and

if it was off there,
it would take an enormous amount of time.

With that,
now that AI images can be created,
the image is solidified to some extent,
so it has become faster, but

the time to work with clay
is naturally still necessary and

that was
a situation where even if AI image creation was possible,
it was difficult to move forward from there.

Even if AI image creation is possible,
3D data creation inevitably takes time.

What should be done?

The only way is to increase the number of people who can create 3D data.

If they can do it to some extent,
Mr. Hoshino only has to do the corrections,

thinking that,

about a year ago,
there was a site overseas that sold a lot of 3D data and

on that site,
there was also a service where overseas creators
would create 3D data, and

since it was about 5,000 or 10,000 yen each,
I thought this was wonderful,

at that time,
I sent the image of the product
I wanted to make
to an overseas creator and

had them make various things, but

the result

even if they could do jewelry to some extent,
when it came to motifs
like the image mentioned earlier,
there was inevitably
a difference in their sense for clay work.

➡ Especially,
they couldn't create cute motifs.

➡ That is something
Mr. Hoshino also always
said that 'cute' is the most difficult.

I asked them several times, but
turning AI images into 3D data was
difficult and
I gave up.

And
at that time,
there was software that could create 3D data with AI,
but even the paid ones
were still at a level that wasn't quite there yet, so

I had been thinking that I would just
wait until AI 3D data creation from AI images
became possible.

About a year later,
Mr. Hoshino
said, 'It looks like something like this has been created,' and

introduced me to an AI 3D data creation site (software).

➡ For us, it's something called Hiten. When I tried
having it turn a flat image (a photo found on a site)

into 3D data,

in just a matter of minutes,
3D data was created,
and what's more,
even the unseen back side
was represented. ➡ I wonder if it imagines it with AI.

Thinking this was amazing,
I tried various things with AI image creation (it can be done with that too).

➡ Not everything is perfect (80% success rate),

but at a cost of about 300 yen,

this level of 3D data can be created.

That's right,

it perfectly handles
the clay part.

➡ It's at a level where the people on those overseas sites from earlier
will disappear.

It was a shock.

And,
this
is demonstrated even more
the more complex things become.

For example,
this Raijin (God of Thunder) figure

would take dozens of days
if made from scratch.

But with
AI image creation and AI 3D data creation,
it can be done in just a few minutes.

It really feels like running 100 meters in 1 second.

And because it's high quality,

I can't help but laugh.

And,
what comes next is the most important part.

The fox from earlier
actually turns out like this when made of pure gold

That AI image
went through AI 3D data creation

and was finished
in pure gold just like that.

That's right,
it leads directly
to manufacturing.
➡In reality, there are processes like prototype manufacturing.

By the way, we also sell them.
※Prices vary depending on market rates.

In summary,

AI 3D data creation has been
established,

and a revolution
is happening in manufacturing.

We
are embracing it flexibly,

but I'm sure there are
some artists
who say
they won't rely
on such things.

Of course,
that is also fine,

and if you can make a solid living that way,
I envy you.

Unfortunately,
for us,
that wouldn't result in a solid living.

That is why
we run.

We run 100 meters in 1 second.

If you run it in 1 second,
data creation that used to be
at most 10 types per month,
depending on the item,

can probably
reach 100 types.

➡Since processes like prototype manufacturing are difficult,
in reality, it's about 30 types.

That is the scale
of the revolution
that is happening.

And
what is important
is whether you have the know-how
to turn 3D data into physical objects (at our company, we use materials like pure gold).
know-how.

➡This is
our greatest weapon.

So,
this was a story about
how we work hard at craftsmanship.

By the way, this is currently under development:
a cat with a gold coin.
➡It's cute, so I'm posting it here.

Finally,

I'm also looking forward to seeing
what kind of revolution AI will cause next?