A proposal from @emollick (2026-06-17) frames a practical AI benchmark: generate a procedurally produced 3D simulation of a harbor town evolving from 3000 BC to 3000 AD that looks beautiful and provides user controls. The post showcases a gallery of 20 model outputs at ai-harbor-town-gallery.netli… for comparison and exploration.
Author @emollick proposes an AI benchmark prompt: “build me a procedurally generated 3D simulation showing the evolution of a harbor town from 3000 BC to 3000 AD,” specifying it must be beautiful and offer user control.
I have a fun, oddly useful AI benchmark: "build me a procedurally generated 3D simulation showing the evolution of a harbor town from 3000 BC to 3000 AD, it should look beautiful & allow me to have some control over it"
Play the gallery of 20 models: ai-harbor-town-gallery.netli…