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A gearbox the AI designed for my camera lens worked first time

He gave the AI the job of designing a 3D printable gearbox that connects to his camera lens, and it worked the first time. In the same post he notes the AI needed two tries at a simple joke answer.

How it works

  1. Gives the AI the task of designing a 3D printable gearbox to interface with his camera lens
  2. The design works first time

Why it’s worth knowing

The same the AI that needed two tries at a joke answer got a printable lens gearbox right on the first try.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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