'I don't love AI slop myself' says Nvidia chief Jensen Huang: 'I'm empathetic towards what [gamers] are thinking. That's just not what DLSS 5 is trying to do'

‘I don’t love AI slop myself’ says Nvidia chief Jensen Huang: ‘I’m empathetic towards what [gamers] are thinking. That’s just not what DLSS 5 is trying to do’ | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Graphics Cards Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says DLSS 5 backlash is ‘completely wrong’ because it ‘doesn’t change the artistic control’ Graphics Cards I really thought Nvidia’s DLSS 5 was going to be smarter than this AI DLSS 5 clearly overwrites game characters with AI beauty standards, but Nvidia says devs have ‘artistic control’ Hardware Nvidia DLSS 5 reveal: PC Gamer reacts… not wholly positively Hardware Nvidia has just shown off DLSS 5 coming this fall… and currently it looks a lot like an AI filter AI ‘Bad ending: now every game is slop’: Game developers share mixed reactions to DLSS 5 Graphics Cards ‘It is basically DLSS. 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That’s just not what DLSS 5 is trying to do’ News By Andy Edser published 24 March 2026 What DLSS 5 is trying to do is still… rather unclear, though. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter PC Gamer The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? 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Subscribe to our newsletter Jensen Huang: NVIDIA – The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494 – YouTube Watch On After all the furore surrounding Nvidia’s DLSS 5 announcement, which was met with a mixture of curiosity around its AI capabilities and outright objection to the aesthetic changes it appears to make to existing games, CEO Jensen Huang has pushed back against the critique.Despite stating that the DLSS 5 backlash was “completely wrong” late last week, the Nvidia chief has since taken a more thoughtful tone in an appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast. When asked to explain the drama around DLSS 5, Huang said:”I think their [gamers] perspective makes sense, and I can see where they’re coming from, because I don’t love AI slop myself. All of the AI generated content increasingly looks similar, and they’re all beautiful… so I’m empathetic towards what they’re thinking.Article continues below You may like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says DLSS 5 backlash is ‘completely wrong’ because it ‘doesn’t change the artistic control’ I really thought Nvidia’s DLSS 5 was going to be smarter than this DLSS 5 clearly overwrites game characters with AI beauty standards, but Nvidia says devs have ‘artistic control’ “That’s just not what DLSS 5 is trying to do,” Huang continued. “I showed several examples of it, but DLSS 5 is 3D conditioned, 3D guided, it’s ground truth structure data guided, so the artists determine the geometry. We are completely truthful to the geometry… in every single frame.”It’s conditioned by the textures, the artistry of the artists, and so every single frame it enhances, but it doesn’t change anything.” Announcing NVIDIA DLSS 5 | AI-Po