The AI designed a replacement bottle cap and the 3D print works perfectly

His young daughter lost the small cap from a water bottle she likes a lot. He asked the AI to design a replacement, printed it in 3D, and says it works perfectly.

How it works

Asks the AI to design the lost cap
Prints the design in 3D
The printed cap works perfectly

Why it’s worth knowing

A lost bottle cap usually means buying a new bottle. The design took 30 seconds and the printed cap works.

Where it’s from

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

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