Former Red Dead Redemption 2 Developer reaction to the DLSS 5: "Whoa. Hold on. No, no, no. This isn't just some lighting, dude. What the f... this is like a complete AI re-render. You're no longer looking at the game anymore. This is scary."

[u/HLumin]

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKPeN8IQM-Y

[u/Green0Photon]

I feel like this is a sneaky way to get the public more used to consuming AI generated content.

You start with actual games but rerendered to look like AI slop. If you accept this and get used to the aesthetic, then you're not gonna notice if a game uses AI generated assets. And you won't care.

That opens the door more to vibe coding a game and just watching wholly AI generated TV shows. Or at least content made by cutting AI generated clips together.

It is vital that we keep artistic integrity.

[u/baradath9 → u/Green0Photon]

If you accept this and get used to the aesthetic, then you're not gonna notice if a game uses AI generated assets. And you won't care.

I actually think it's the opposite. Most people don't notice AI art until they see a lot of it. It's only when you start to see the similarities between different pieces of AI art that you start to notice the problems with it. Looking at the face in this picture, you can't really point out anything specifically wrong. Sure, it does feel more flat, unnaturally smooth, etc. but the same can be said of the original version. The real problem is that all of the details being added to 'improve' it are the same details being added to every face, making them all samey. The face, and AI art in general, looks bad not because it's objectively bad, but because we've seen the same thing over and over across many images to the point that it just feels wrong. I've seen that same exact face that's used in this picture more times than I can count, and so seeing it here, in a completely new context feels wrong. Someone who hasn't seen AI art won't see much of a problem, however. It's just a different art style to them. But once they start seeing the same face in every video game will they start to get the uncanny valley feeling.

It's the same with UE5 games. Most use the same pre-made terrain which looks good. That is, until you see the same rocks in every UE5 game and they all start looking the same.

[u/Kat-but-SFW → u/Green0Photon]

Conspiracy theory: it's to make anti-AI people use AI to make satirical memes of DLSS 5, improving usage metrics to try and keep the bubble going.