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The New Harry Potter DLSS Joke

This is a side-by-side comparison meme that jokes about the newly cast lead actor for the upcoming Harry Potter reboot series, using the common PC gaming format of showing NVIDIA DLSS (AI upscaling technology) turned off versus turned on. The left panel features original Harry Potter film actor Daniel Radcliffe as young Harry Potter, labeled "DLSS 5 Off". The right panel shows the new younger actor cast as Harry Potter for the reboot, who looks strikingly similar to young Daniel Radcliffe, labeled "DLSS 5 On". The joke plays on the extreme similarity between the two actors, poking fun at the idea that hypothetical future DLSS 5 AI technology can perfectly recreate/de-age the original Harry to look like a new young version.
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Overview

This is a side-by-side comparison meme that jokes about the newly cast lead actor for the upcoming Harry Potter reboot series, using the common PC gaming format of showing NVIDIA DLSS (AI upscaling technology) turned off versus turned on. The left panel features original Harry Potter film actor Daniel Radcliffe as young Harry Potter, labeled "DLSS 5 Off". The right panel shows the new younger actor cast as Harry Potter for the reboot, who looks strikingly similar to young Daniel Radcliffe, labeled "DLSS 5 On". The joke plays on the extreme similarity between the two actors, poking fun at the idea that hypothetical future DLSS 5 AI technology can perfectly recreate/de-age the original Harry to look like a new young version.

Origin notes

This meme originated on Reddit, created as a reaction to the casting announcement of the new Harry Potter reboot television series. The original title of the meme is "The New Harry Potter", and it spread virally across gaming and Harry Potter fandom communities online.

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