new version of its DLSS AI upscaling technology for its graphics cards earlier this week at its GPU Technology Conference (GTC), which it calls the Super Bowl of AI. But unlike previous versions of DLSS that used AI to improve frame rates in video games, DLSS 5 has a much more ambitious calling: using generative AI to make character faces in games look more realistic and detailed. The demonstration received sharp blowback on social media, with many finding the effect off-putting, reacting with outright disgust, and calling it yet another example of AI slop. DLSS, or deep-learning super-sampling, is a feature Nvidia introduced on its graphics cards in 2018. The primary use has been to improve frame rates in video games by rendering games at a lower resolution, then using AI to upscale the quality. More recent versions of DLSS insert AI-generated frames in between actual rendered frames.…