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I don't understand the excitement around generating and/or watching AI-produced videos. To me it's probably the single most uninteresting and boring thing rela

• jsphweid 11mo ago
  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.
  • t-writescode 11mo ago
    Until people ask it to make convincing misinformation. Pretty, professional looking graphs are already hard to resist.
• tyurok 11mo ago
  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.
• bitpush 11mo ago
  Do you feel the same way about VFX (marvel etc) or animated movies (pixar etc)
  • jckahn 11mo ago
    I do. I miss practical effects; they were much more entertaining.
    • dyauspitr 11mo ago
      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.
• lern_too_spel 11mo ago
  Sometimes, an animation is the best way to convey information.
• vagab0nd 11mo ago
  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..."