Nvidia’s DLSS5 gives me existential dread, but the Internet’s response to it fills me with hope

Games still feel like one of the few digital refuges from AI slop, but Nvidia's new DLSS 5 aims to change all that. The tech turns the faces of your favorite characters into creatures uglier than the monsters from RE9, and the Internet isn't having it.At least DLSS 5 is sparking creativity (that's being used against it) The update feels less like something carefully engineered by the best minds of a generation to look as off-putting as possible. DLSS 5 perfectly proves Enshittification Theory is real and that the world of tech, consumer products, and video games might be about to get even more dystopian, so let's look at the funniest reaction on the Internet to try and get a breather. Twitter users were quick to show off hypothetical "upgrades" that this hot new AI tech could bring to existing games, and the results are beautiful. Ever wondered what the protagonist from Disco Elysium would look like if forced through an AI filter that caused him to lose all personality? Look no further.https://twitter.com/JamrockHobo/status/2033644203066970235?s=20 Remember the Deus Ex remaster that was shown a few months ago that everybody hated? Well, maybe DLSS 5 is all it needed to win gamers over. Image via Embracer It's gotten so serious that people are even DLSS-ing other memes, and the result is always beautiful.https://twitter.com/NikTek/status/2033634199522185312?s=20 And the laughs are great, but DLSS 5 is even worse than it seems.DLSS 5 hides an even bigger issue Even though DLSS 5 never makes anything look better than a creepy AI "yassification" filter, it somehow always makes female characters look even creepier. Though it makes it look like Leon got plastic surgery from Dr. Mr. X during the bombing of Raccoon City, you can still tell that's Leon. Female characters, on the other hand, lose their original facial features and become soulless dolls.https://twitter.com/GermanStrands/status/2033628050315764068?s=20 We all thought it too dumb to be true, but the memes from a few years back that poked fun at out-of-touch players who only wanted hotter female protagonists are now what one of the most valuable companies in the world wants to be "the future." The Cult of Lamb devs show they know exactly what's up with the image they posted to the game's Twitter account. Image via Devolver Digital How can we prove to Nvidia that making tech to please not the gamers, but the people who spend their days on Twitter complaining that games need "more attractive female models" isn't a great business model? Even if you ignore the soullessness and only count the supposed realism of it, it still pales in comparison to what real devs can achieve.https://twitter.com/TheGameVerse/status/2033814516656705554?s=20 And no, I'm not asking Nvidia to come up with even better AI. I'm begging the company to stop. Gaming hardware is expensive enough as is—because of this—and having to pay so much for tech that only has this to show for is just disheartening. There's a reason graphics are judged on artistic merit and technical prowess. It's the merging of the two that makes a bunch of polygons feel like magic. This DLSS update betrays the artists by pushing the entire artistry out of the equation, and, well, the tech people, too. This just ruins the work by the technical wizards that brought the fantastic models of Leon and Grace to RE9 with a coat of slop, and nobody wants this. Image via Bethesda NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has tried to address the criticism by doubling down on DLSS5, claiming that devs can “fine-tune the generative AI” in a way that aligns with the game's vision and that “doesn’t change the artistic control.” We as fans will be the judge of that. The post Nvidia’s DLSS5 gives me existential dread, but the Internet’s response to it fills me with hope appeared first on Destructoid.

Mar 19, 2026 - 02:27

Nvidia’s DLSS5 gives me existential dread, but the Internet’s response to it fills me with hope

Games still feel like one of the few digital refuges from AI slop, but Nvidia's new DLSS 5 aims to change all that. The tech turns the faces of your favorite characters into creatures uglier than the monsters from RE9, and the Internet isn't having it.

At least DLSS 5 is sparking creativity (that's being used against it)

The update feels less like something carefully engineered by the best minds of a generation to look as off-putting as possible. DLSS 5 perfectly proves Enshittification Theory is real and that the world of tech, consumer products, and video games might be about to get even more dystopian, so let's look at the funniest reaction on the Internet to try and get a breather.

Twitter users were quick to show off hypothetical "upgrades" that this hot new AI tech could bring to existing games, and the results are beautiful. Ever wondered what the protagonist from Disco Elysium would look like if forced through an AI filter that caused him to lose all personality? Look no further.

https://twitter.com/JamrockHobo/status/2033644203066970235?s=20 Remember the Deus Ex remaster that was shown a few months ago that everybody hated? Well, maybe DLSS 5 is all it needed to win gamers over.

Image via Embracer It's gotten so serious that people are even DLSS-ing other memes, and the result is always beautiful.

https://twitter.com/NikTek/status/2033634199522185312?s=20 And the laughs are great, but DLSS 5 is even worse than it seems.

DLSS 5 hides an even bigger issue

Even though DLSS 5 never makes anything look better than a creepy AI "yassification" filter, it somehow always makes female characters look even creepier.

Though it makes it look like Leon got plastic surgery from Dr. Mr. X during the bombing of Raccoon City, you can still tell that's Leon. Female characters, on the other hand, lose their original facial features and become soulless dolls.

https://twitter.com/GermanStrands/status/2033628050315764068?s=20 We all thought it too dumb to be true, but the memes from a few years back that poked fun at out-of-touch players who only wanted hotter female protagonists are now what one of the most valuable companies in the world wants to be "the future."

The Cult of Lamb devs show they know exactly what's up with the image they posted to the game's Twitter account.

Image via Devolver Digital How can we prove to Nvidia that making tech to please not the gamers, but the people who spend their days on Twitter complaining that games need "more attractive female models" isn't a great business model? Even if you ignore the soullessness and only count the supposed realism of it, it still pales in comparison to what real devs can achieve.

https://twitter.com/TheGameVerse/status/2033814516656705554?s=20 And no, I'm not asking Nvidia to come up with even better AI. I'm begging the company to stop. Gaming hardware is expensive enough as is—because of this—and having to pay so much for tech that only has this to show for is just disheartening.

There's a reason graphics are judged on artistic merit and technical prowess. It's the merging of the two that makes a bunch of polygons feel like magic. This DLSS update betrays the artists by pushing the entire artistry out of the equation, and, well, the tech people, too. This just ruins the work by the technical wizards that brought the fantastic models of Leon and Grace to RE9 with a coat of slop, and nobody wants this.

Image via Bethesda NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has tried to address the criticism by doubling down on DLSS5, claiming that devs can “fine-tune the generative AI” in a way that aligns with the game's vision and that “doesn’t change the artistic control.” We as fans will be the judge of that.

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