This might be a somewhat controversial topic. I don't know how people here generally feel about AI use, but I have a feeling it's probably not super positive. That being said, I wanted to share this, in part because it's helped me create usable things, and in part because I wanted to see if anyone else has played around with anything similar and has thoughts. 

Long story short - I've been remaking the cave escape scene from Iron Man for a music video to a song of mine. A bit of a personal challenge to myself. In doing this, I've had to learn/teach myself Blender for different parts of it. I am not good enough to make everything look photorealistic. 

Recently, I had to help out my wife with a subpar rendering that someone had made for the company she works for, and I used AI to add realism to it without changing the underlying structure, etc., and I thought, what if I tried this with some of my music video clips that I wasn't fully happy with? This video goes through how I did it. At the end of the day, creation for me needs to feel pure, and like I genuinely built something. I generally dislike using/ creating AI videos for that reason, but this still feels to me like I built these shots, and it still feels like I am creating in the process and can be proud of the end result. 

IDK if anyone else has tried something similar out, but I'd love to hear thoughts or processes. It just helps make me feel like I, an amateur Blender user, can create things I deem viable for future productions without breaking the bank or my computer.

Using AI to bring down processing needs and make up for my lack of technical ability