AI does interpolations that I could have done myself

The current crop of AI image and video models washes a new class of videos ashore my Youtube recommendations: AI-enhanced historic footage. The 1920s, 1930s, etc. can now be watched in colour, high-definition and with clear sound. An artificial intelligence algorithm takes the original grainy black-and-white footage and interpolates what lies between the grains and below the film scratches. This is a fun party trick but it’s also utterly useless. The human brain already performs these interpolations and in most cases with less cliché and cringe. When I watch an original grainy recording of 1920s Berlin and then an AI-enhanced version thereof, I learn nothing new.