I scanned negatives long ago without IR and it was horrible. Dust and fiber were a major headache, especially when scanning lots of film.

But since we're living in the future, I suspect we could make AI models that would work practical magic.

If AI was in the mix, regenerating my images, personally I wouldn’t bother with scanning, and I’d just go back to digital.

All the scanned photos I've worked with were taken pre-digital.

Heh, yeah good point, I imagine that would work well too, didn't think of that.