AIpiphanies

A recent report in The Times of India describes a viral trend powered by Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Image: the creation of ultra-realistic, customizable 3D figurines called “Nano Bananas.” Users enter a prompt, and voilà—mini collectible bananas in endless poses, styles, textures, and themes. Free access, wide sharing, and countless weird results.

Our take:
We’re delighted. Because if people are going to generate 3D figurines in their spare time anyway, why not something delightfully absurd like a banana in hyper-detail? It’s AI’s power paired with human whimsy: “Give me a banana in a tuxedo, riding a surfboard, neon lights, make it 4K.” That’s joy. That’s creativity freed from convention.

But (because you know there’s always a but): this trend also reminds us of the loop. Once the “banana” form gets popular, the prompts will converge. You’ll see thousands of “tux-banana surfing neon” figurines and wonder if that’s creativity or algorithmic echo. The tool is easy. The originality? Harder.

So yes: we celebrate the fun. We recommend you push the edge: “banana astronaut reading stock charts in 2125,” or whatever banana you’ve been secretly picturing. Because the best use of these tools isn’t what’s easiest—it’s what you’d never expect.
We’ll be watching for the next wave of bananas. The weird ones. The first-of-their-kind. Because that’s where real creative delight hides.