16,000 words on how, whether, and why to upscale your video collection with AI

I'm not just talking about DALL-E's ability to produce original art on command, I'm talking about the fact that artificial intelligence can do some amazing things. If you wish someone could upscale the DVD to a better quality, there is an app for that. There are two in fact.

The managing editor of ExtremeTech spent the last two and a half years trying to remake Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager using these continually evolving tools. He wrote a 16,000-word explainer, filled with video samples and image comparisons, to share with you. It's like a state-of-the-state-of-the-art class when it comes to technology.

If you saw his work with Star Trek or the video game, should I do that? I don't know how to do that. Is it going to work? It would be a good idea to give it a read and a look.

I have spent more than a few hours playing with the software, and I am already thinking about how it might change my life. The next time I pick it up, I will have to blend outputs and add noise. Cupscale is an app he recommends that is completely free and takes much less time to render. The DS9 video was upscaled using free software.