TSL implementation of psrdnoise

[yuichiroharai]

Hi Stefan,

I just wanted to let you know that I've implemented a TSL (Three.js Shading Language) port of your psrdnoise.

This port was created with the help of AI, and while the rendering in the demo looks correct, I plan to keep verifying it through actual use. I sincerely hope this port does justice to your original work and correctly reflects the logic you've built.

Thank you so much for the original source!

Project: https://github.com/y11i-3d/tsl-psrdnoise

[stegu]

Nice, thanks for the notice! Although I utterly despise "AI" tools in general, both because they are not ready and because we are not ready for them, a straight port between two very similar syntaxes seems like a reasonably safe task. My own port from GLSL to WGSL was an exercise in mindless retyping and cut-and-paste, and it could have been automated as well. /Stefan G

[redblobgames]

My understanding is that the current LLM systems came out of work on Google Translate. I have had reasonably good luck with using it for translation tasks, like translating my own code from one programming language to another (I've tried Python to JS and also JS to C#), or translating my code from one style to another style, or translating from using one library to using a different library. But less luck with other tasks.

[stegu]

Yep, AI is great for some routine tasks. My problem with it is threefold: people use it for tasks it can't handle, humans are bad at recognising it as a purely derivative copy-paste because it appears to be some thought process behind it, and it floods our environment with mindless auto-generated clickbait slop that threatens to drown out the actual creative content. I teach AI algorithms, but I use them sparingly. Your use here was wise, and I appreciate your caution. Thanks again!

[yuichiroharai]

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for your honest feedback.
I understand your point about the reliability of AI-generated results.

I wanted to make your original algorithm available in TSL, but to be honest, I didn't feel confident that I could achieve it perfectly on my own. So I used AI for the conversion while double-checking the results myself to make sure I didn't mess up your logic.

I've used your simplex noise for a long time, and I recently started using psrdnoise as well.
I’m glad to finally have them ready for my Three.js projects!

Best regards,
Yuichiroh Arai