I’ll just use Claude to

I’ll just use Claude to generate some heavy industrial turbine parts. How hard could it be?" 🤡

Famous last words.

I decided to test Claude for web design. But making another generic digital agency portfolio felt boring. Since my fiancé works in the turbocharger and heavy industrial parts industry, I thought: “Brilliant. Let’s build a sleek, hyper-realistic website for industrial turbines!”

Here’s what AI image generators think an "exploded-view turbocharger assembly" looks like:

14 melted bolts floating in zero gravity

A turbine wheel that violates the laws of physics

Something resembling a metal croissant inside an alien spaceship

Apparently, AI knows how to draw futuristic cyberpunk cats, but the moment you ask for an accurate mechanical impeller, it has a meltdown.

So, standard boring 3D turbine renders were officially out of the question.

I had to pivot. While hunting for inspiration, I stumbled upon a dynamic ribbon-flow reference and thought: why force realistic metal when we can turn fluid airflow and pressure into abstract motion?

What started as an attempt to assemble real turbine bolts turned into the concept below 👇

Lesson learned: AI won't replace real mechanical engineers anytime soon, but it definitely forces designers to get creative with plan B.

What do you think of the result?