Thoughts on photography when it first appeared:

"Not by the taking of a picture of any specific object, but by the way in which any random object could be made to appear on the photographic plate. This was something of such unheard-of novelty that the photographer was delighted by each and every shot he took, and it awakened unknown and overwhelming emotions in him..."

Pretty sure Nano Banana only produces images.

Nonetheless, ask it to “create an infographic on how Google works”. Do you not see any excitement in the result? I think it’s pretty impressive and has a lot of utility.

Until people ask it to make convincing misinformation. Pretty, professional looking graphs are already hard to resist.

As a general content I agree it's a bit off putting, but I find it a lot of fun when generating content among friends like internal jokes and educational content. I got my kid to drink some meds by generating an image of a hero telling him it's important to take.

Do you feel the same way about VFX (marvel etc) or animated movies (pixar etc)

I do. I miss practical effects; they were much more entertaining.

I don’t, they seem campy and reduce the gravitas compared to very well done CGI. Infact, I feel like it has the same effect at poorly done CGI.

Sometimes, an animation is the best way to convey information.