I--- Star Trek Deep Space 9 S01 Ai Upscale 1080p- -2020 -

The file responded. The video window expanded, spanning across his dual monitors. The AI—trained on billions of images of space and geometry—was no longer just cleaning up Deep Space Nine . It was using the show as a template to build something else.

This is where the upscale fails hardest. The original CGI (rendered at ~360p) has no true detail to upscale. The AI hallucinates. i--- Star Trek Deep Space 9 S01 Ai Upscale 1080p- -2020

On screen, Captain Picard (in his cameo) turned to look directly into the "camera." In the 1080p clarity, Elias could see the reflection in Picard's eyes. It wasn't the studio lights of a Paramount set. It was a reflection of Elias’s own living room, rendered in perfect, high-definition detail. The file responded

The was not perfect. It had AI jitter. It had wax faces. But it was a declaration of love. It was using the show as a template to build something else

The file wasn't from 2020. It was from somewhere else, using a 90s space opera as a bridge to see into the present.

Have you seen the i--- 2020 upscale? How does it compare to the later 2023 "Upscale 2.0" releases? Share your thoughts in the fan forums. Live long and prosper.