Got 3D Printer? Want a Model for Free, Right?
August 28, 2026
AI has invaded every corner of the Internet, especially commerce. One corner of the market is for 3D models or 3D assets. You’re probably wondering who would buy anything digital because the object isn’t tangible, but there is a huge niche for 3D assets for gaming, animation, 3D printing, and commercial purposes. Kotaku has the lowdown on what is going on with AI and 3D markets in the article, “3D Model Markets Are Being Flooded With AI Sellers, But No One’s Buying.”
CGTrader is a long-standing marketplace for digital goods, and they published an annual report on trends and growth. One-sixth of all goods sold on CGTrader are AI generated, but no one is buying the AI slop except for 1%. CGTrader CEO Dalia La?sait? said that the market’s goal isn’t to increase the number of AI goods, instead they want to give designers better tools to worker faster and focus time on creative work. What matters the most to buyers is whether they’re buying true quality.
Quality isn’t something that the AI slop is tossing into the marketplace:
“According to the report, surveyed buyers cite quality as the main reason they skipped AI generated goods. The survey also found that only five percent of buyers were satisfied with AI purchases, and just four percent of overall users think AI “works well.” My gut also tells me that, if the end product is just a few prompts away, why would anyone buy something you didn’t actually make.”
That doesn’t stop CGTrader from investigating ways to make money from AI:
“CGTrader is far from the only company forced to talk about AI through both sides of their mouth. Every major platform seems to be simultaneously investing millions into AI proliferation, while having to trim the resulting monstrosities from public consumption. This only exacerbates the core issue that none of these AI companies have figured out how to turn a profit, but that won’t stop them from making it your problem.”
What can we say? These 3D assets buyers are a tad smarter than those who shop at Temu or buy deceptively amazing products from AI ads then get a poor quality item in return. Use your brain people!
Whitney Grace, August 28, 2026
Big Data Is a Big Mess
January 18, 2017
Big Data and Cloud Computing were supposed to make things easier for the C-Suites to take billion dollar decisions. But it seems things have started to fall apart.
In an article published by Forbes titled The Data Warehouse Has Failed, Will Cloud Computing Die Next?, the author says:
A company that sells software tools designed to put intelligence controls into data warehousing environments says that traditional data warehousing approaches are flaky. Is this just a platform to spin WhereScape wares, or does Whitehead have a point?
WhereScape, a key player in Data Warehousing is admitting that the buzzwords in the IT industry are fizzing out. The Big Data is being generated, in abundance, but companies still are unsure what to do with the enormous amount of data that their companies produce.
Large corporations who already have invested heavily in Big Data are yet to find any RoIs. As the author points out:
Data led organizations have no idea how good their data is. CEOs have no idea where the data they get actually comes from, who is responsible for it etc. yet they make multi million pound decisions based on it. Big data is making the situation worse not better.
Looks like after 3D-Printing, another buzzword in the tech world, Big Data and Cloud Computing is going to be just a fizzled out buzzword.
Vishal Ingole, January 18, 2017
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