Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Fuck AI@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoNetflix Is Using AI to Upscale a 1980s Sitcom and the Results Are Borderline Horrificfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down11
arrow-up1191arrow-down1external-linkNetflix Is Using AI to Upscale a 1980s Sitcom and the Results Are Borderline Horrificfuturism.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Fuck AI@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·5 days agoI see the appeal for things like this. Taking pretty low quality, 480i at best, and making it presentable on modern TVs. That said, AI isn’t anywhere close to doing this well. Better to have original than some poorly upscaled crap.
minus-squareNeatoBuilds@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·4 days agoYou have to start somewhere and make it better from there as you go
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoYea, but you don’t have to release it.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoYou do to get that sweet sweet VC cash!
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoI don’t think Netflix is getting VC cash.
I see the appeal for things like this. Taking pretty low quality, 480i at best, and making it presentable on modern TVs.
That said, AI isn’t anywhere close to doing this well. Better to have original than some poorly upscaled crap.
You have to start somewhere and make it better from there as you go
Yea, but you don’t have to release it.
You do to get that sweet sweet VC cash!
I don’t think Netflix is getting VC cash.