I'm gonna go for ALL AI. I think you could have a non -ai version of something like that (not that I fully know what it is). And it probably wouldn't be so bad lol.
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The non-AI based denoisers (which Blender used before the current one from Intel) absolutely suck in comparison.
The current denoiser saves a lot of time and energy while preserving quality.
Yeah but you'll be fine. It's a small sacrifice to make to get rid of all AI images and videos. Right??
I actually wouldn't sacrifice a field almost as old as modern computer science itself just to have less slop on social media.