You Can Now Use LegoGPT to Turn Your Text Inputs Into Lego Designs
Instead of using an AI generator that will churn out a potentially wacky design to fit the request you input, LegoGPT's designs abide by the laws of physics.
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According to the team's research, which can be found on GitHub, the AI model was trained on a dataset of over 47,000 Lego structures with 28,000 unique 3D objects. The designs generated with LegoGPT were physically stable 98% of the time.
The tool is free to access on GitHub. You can start by uploading pictures of your existing blocks to determine which building options you have.
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