I put DLSS 5 on my entire desktop, and it showed me neural rendering's real limits

I've spent the better part of the past few weeks throwing DLSS 5 at things it probably was never meant to touch. I've put it into old games, emulators, and some rather questionable experiments, and so far, DLSS 5 has impressed me but not without clear caveats. At the same time, DLSS 5 does sometimes feel less like an evolution of computer graphics and more like a glimpse at a future I'm not entirely sure I asked for.