After 30 years, the truth is finally revealed - Pidgey is a cat in a pigeon costume.
DLSS 5 is probably one of the most controversial technologies in the history of gaming, as Nvidia's artificial intelligence can seriously change the look of a game. A free website now shows what the result would be if any game were made more realistic by AI - with some bizarre consequences.
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Unlike DLSS 4, Nvidia DLSS 5 should not only improve the performance of games, but also "revolutionize" the graphics by making the lighting much more realistic using artificial intelligence. While this looks impressive, it also means that some games are barely recognizable, while critical voices call the results AI slop.
The internet has already reacted with numerous memes to the announcement of DLSS 5. A new image generator, called DLSS 5 Anything, now makes it possible to turn any image into a DLSS 5 meme. It is important to note that the underlying technology has nothing in common with DLSS 5, but it is still amusing to see what your favorite games would look like if they were made more realistic by an artificial intelligence.
The more realistic the image used, the smaller the difference that the result of DLSS 5 Anything shows. With retro games in particular, however, the results are exactly how you would imagine an AI remake to look. In the first generation of Pokémon, the AI finally reveals that Nintendo forgot to add walls to rooms, while both Pidgey and Pikachu are probably cats in costumes
Pokémon Red Edition
The indie hit Mewgenics shows cats in all colors and shapes, but the charming customization of the character models through equipment is lost to the AI
Mewgenics
Even the best defense attorney in the gaming industry, Phoenix Wright, is given an incredibly wide jawline by the artificial intelligence, while the characteristically spiky hairstyle doesn't quite translate into a realistic look
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
As every good AI knows, in Animal Crossing it's not moneybags that grow on trees, but potatoes
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Even classics such as Super Mario World, FTL. Faster Than Light or The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds can be rendered much more realistically by the AI, but lose much of their character in the process
Editor of the original article:Hannes Brecher - Senior Tech Writer - 20194 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2018
Since 2009 I have written for different publications with a focus on consumer electronics. I joined the Notebookcheck news team in 2018 and have combined my many years of experience with laptops and smartphones with my lifelong passion for technology to create informative content for our readers about new developments in this sphere. In addition, my design background as an art director at an ad agency has allowed me to have deeper insights into the peculiarities of this industry.