I hope they overhaul Thingiverse's user interface.

Something taking over another something usually doesn't end up well for the user's.

There's 3d printing as art, but then also 3d printing for utility. I use it primarily for the latter. For art I don't want AI generated junk, so filtering that is ok, but I usually won't like it if it's Ai generated and can pick it out anyway. I don't want barriers in Ai generated things like tool parts, shelf, etc. Though. All I care about there is quality. I want someone to have tested and reviewed it at least, but I'm not dogmatic at all about whether Ai produced it. I think the 3d printing community cares more about quality control on model libraries than just Ai gatekeeping.

I'm in a tricky position here.

I use MyMiniFactory, have backed several frontiers things and am a member of a few tribes.

I also use Thingiverse a lot.

And while I certainly don't want to pay for AI content, I don't mind that much if it's free. There have been times that I've looked for something for DnD and the only option was AI generated. And honestly, I'd much rather have that than no model at all.

Love this!