The Vergecast · Tuesday, September 22, 2026
The discussion around Nvidia's DLSS 5 technology touches on its nature as potentially generative AI, with one speaker noting it adds elements and colors not originally present. While Nvidia frames it as neural rendering and the future of graphics due to the end of Moore's Law, others debate whether it's simply an 'Instagram filter.' The technology requires high-fidelity input for better output and still carries a distinct 'AI look.'
“DLSS 5 takes that and instead of just, you know, adding pixels that weren't there, it seems to be adding elements of the scene that weren't there or adding colors that weren't there.”
“I think its biggest limitation is the fact that it has to be rendered 60 times at least a second. Uh, and so that tiny little window, uh, to be able to generate the uplift of AI, uh, really limits the amount of, you know, creativity that the AI can do.”
“That being said, it still has that AI look. And if you have that immediate disgust reaction to AI generated content, this won't change your mind about it.”