[dicknuckle]

I'm entirely unfamiliar with this, but is there a future where we can take a few pictures of something physical, and have AI generate a 3d model that we can then modify and 3d print?

Asking as someone who's dreadfully slow at 3d modeling.

[dougabug]

Yes, the future is now. It’s still early, extracted model quality will undoubtedly improve dramatically over time.

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2022/09/23/3d-generative-ai-re...

https://research.nvidia.com/publication/2021-11_extracting-t...

[foobarbecue]

You're probably looking for multiview photogrammetry. Also known as "structure from motion." https://github.com/alicevision/Meshroom is a good free tool for this, but the most popular one is probably AGISoft MetaShape.