DLSS has spent years being associated with higher performance. DLSS 5 does the opposite: it can significantly reduce frame rate in exchange for reinterpreting how the game looks. That is where the controversy begins.
Microsoft has published a draft requiring its AI not to resist correction or shutdown. The document matters — but having a procedure and verifying that it is actually followed are two different things.
In 2016, we were told to 'stop training radiologists.' Ten years later, AI really did enter radiology — but the need for radiologists did not disappear. That contradiction tells us something different about AI and jobs than many people assume.
RAM and SSD prices are much higher than they were two years ago, and AI is often blamed. The connection is real, but it is not as direct as it sounds — there are several steps in between.